According to the recent article “Brits to visit Turkey, Egypt and Mexico in 2009”, people planning to go on holiday this year will most likely stick to these three specific destinations.
The article goes on to state that according to a recent ABTA and Foreign and Commonwealth Office report, there will be several noticeable trends and differences in British holiday planning this year including change of popular holiday destinations. Due to the current weak pound, holidaymakers are going to be browsing through non-Euro currency destinations.
In a brand new collaboration, ABTA and the FCO have decided to review trends in travel across the year and are able to predict we’ll be heading off for the shores of Egypt, Mexico and Turkey in greater numbers than ever before. From this point of view, we are warned to heed Foreign Office travel advice concerning these less popular holiday destinations such as vaccination recommendations and adequate travel insurance.
Predictions for 2009 include that top holiday destinations for British holidaymakers will include, St Lucia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Australia, Croatia, Israel, Egypt, Turkey and Mexico.
Cheap and last minute deals on holidays will be restricted according to the forecast although all-inclusive holidays will continue to be a popular choice. With 35% of the British public concerned about holiday firms going bust, more people will ensure they book their holiday with a company who is ATOL registered.
Couples thinking of getting married abroad will continue to rise in their numbers. Popular exotic locations for the ’big day’ will continue to include Kenya, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka.
Holidays at home will become more popular this coming year than previously and people will look toward enjoying family holidays more than ever to keep costs low. Camping holidays home and abroad will increase for the same reason of keeping holiday expenses to a minimum. The Foreign Office do warn however, this mindset will lead to potential holiday nightmares tempting holidaymakers into keeping costs down further by neglecting to purchase much needed travel insurance.
Overall, the trend is for British holidaymakers to spread the net further a-field and travel outside of Europe. Let us hope that we do our research before we go for travel to destinations outside of our normal comfort zones in addition to being exciting can too be fraught with a wealth of unexpected hazards!
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