Bookings for British staycations this summer are soaring as worries over higher ticket prices have cast a shadow over overseas holidays.

Britsh Airways owner IAG, Easyjet and Ryanair have warned they will have to raise ticket fares to offset higher costs while online travel firms have said the conflict is deterring holidaymakers from destinations in the Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean.

But hotel businesses across the UK are cashing in. UK Hospitality chief executive Allen Simpson said: 'As we head towards the busy summer season, holiday parks, hotels and B&Bs are reporting increased interest in staycations and the great British holiday, as international travel continues to remain uncertain.'

And the owner of the luxury hotel that inspired two of Agatha Christie's most famous novels has said he is set for his busiest summer since Covid lockdowns ended five years ago.

Giles Fuchs, who runs the Burgh Island Hotel in Devon, said that 'rising jet fuel prices have had a direct clear knock-on effect on the cost of overseas travel this summer'.

He added: 'Conversations with recent guests have confirmed what the numbers suggest that traditionally they would have chosen destinations like the South of France or the Middle East, but instead chose the English Coast to avoid those soaring flight costs.'