Record Numbers Of Britons Go Overseas To Get Value For Money
by: lucyevans44
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The horrendous May Bank Holiday weather and heavy rainstorm which met commuters on their way back to work on the Tuesday, following an extended weekend, has led to a big increase in bookings for vacations abroad. Many people it seems are trying to move away from the random weather of the UK and go somewhere with a sunnier clime. Over the course of the bank holiday and particularly around Tuesday lunch time, online travel websites like, First Choice, lastminute.com and Thomson experienced dramatic rises in online holiday bookings, some even by 20%.
The climate of the UK is a leading factor in pushing British holiday makers abroad in record numbers again this year, bookings alone for winter breaks have dramatically increased and demand for short city breaks is ever growing. With the circumstance of global financial insecurity in the UK at the moment, short city breaks are becoming well liked with people not geared up to pay out for full price vacations. The average cost for a week’s holiday has recently been put at £2,057, according to a recent survey of around three thousand travellers abroad.
The quick, city breaks, costing less are rising in popularity, fuelled by costs of 14 days abroad as opposed to shorter breaks, a recent survey by an online travel website, reported that over twenty per cent of holiday makers are opting for these short city breaks as opposed to only 23 per cent taking a fortnight or more.
A stark reason for the expansion in city breaks and temptation of far away sunny destinations could be due to the pound’s current standing against the Euro. The pound is not very strong against the Euro,at the moment, a Euro costs 80p. This has led to traditional destination haunts like Cyprus, Greece and Spain take a decline in bookings with holiday makers looking at less expensive alternatives in countries such as Romania, Morocco and Bulgaria where the pound is stronger.
One of these countries, Romania, have certainly noticed a steady increase of tourism to their seaside resorts and towns over the last couple of years. Last year alone the tourism market made 34 million Euros more than in the previous year. Although, many Britons choose to holiday now in eastern European countries, the infrastructure and facilities does not have enough fascination to make foreign tourists spend more money and so aid their economy. Even still, the predictions for this year is that the amount of tourists should rise by around 13-15%.
19% of holiday makers surveyed were also looking to visit destinations were the pound is strong. This means that the USA, with its weak dollar is particularly appealing with cities such as Las Vegas, Las Angeles and New York touted as would be break destinations.
All in all the upcoming uncertainty surrounding the strength of the Uk currency against other currencies as well as rising utility, fuel and mortgage payments, will certainly mean that holidays abroad to traditional destinations like Spain and Greece, become less and visits to eastern European countries like Bulgaria increase, from our need to get the most from our money in today’s hard financial environment.
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