July 30th, 2009
British travelers prefer spending European holidays at home - research
Being in Europe is already an advantage. For most British travelers, they are simply going to spend their European holidays at the comfort of their home country this summer. This is based on the recent survey released by Sainsbury’s Travel Insurance.
About 63 percent of the British respondents said that they will just stay in the United Kingdom while 14 percent will still go abroad but with budget restrictions. Most of those who preferred going abroad for summer said that they’ll just go by themselves rather than with family in order to save up on expenses and simply just having that much-needed alone time.
The research broke down the holidaymakers most likely to stay in UK. At the top of the list were travelers from East Midlands followed by Yorkshire and Humberside.
The reason with the rise of budget-conscious travelers is due to the financial crisis that affected the world. Most are saving up in order to buy what is really needed rather than splurging the money at these tough times. Despite this fact, the survey participants said that they can still visit a lot of great places in United Kingdom which means that spending the summer vacation doesn’t have to be very expensive.
