Caravanning experiences a slight recovery in the European Market, yet is still far from normal activity. Despite the crisis, motorhomes are clear winners on the RV's market.
The European Caravan Federation (ECF) is expecting a slight upswing in
new registrations of leisure vehicles when it produces its final results for
2011. This is largely attributable to recovery in the French market and strong
expansion in Germany.
Different types of vehicles show different trends however. Whereas the
European market showed 1.4% fewer new registrations for caravans, new registrations of motorcaravans
increased by 8.9%.
With around 155,500 leisure vehicles, ECF’s initial predictions for 2011
suggest an increase of 3.3% in new registrations of all leisure vehicles in
Europe.
There were just 81,000 new registrations for caravans in Europe, which
corresponds to a slight drop of 1.4%.
Motorcaravans
accounted for 74,500 new registrations, an increase of 8.9% over the previous
year. There were regional variations too. France with
29,500 leisure vehicles and above all
Germany with over 39,000 leisure vehicles are the driving force behind the
steady growth for both types of vehicles in Europe.
Sweden (over 8,000 leisure vehicles), Norway (around 5,800 leisure
vehicles) and Switzerland (over 4,300 leisure vehicles) have all registered strong
growth as indeed have the small markets in Belgium, Austria and Slovenia. All other European countries have shown negative trends.
Source: ECF -.FICC
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