British people’s British people’s holidays abroadholidays abroadBritish people’s British people’s holidays abroadholidays abroad

By JudyBy Judy

Outline• The current situation of British

people’s spending their holidays overseas

• The trend for British to spend their holidays abroad

• The top 10 destinations for British tourists in 2002 and the reasons why these destinations are so popular

Current situation• Most holidays are taken in July and August.• More and more Britons are taking a second

holiday abroad in the winter (skiing for a week) or Spring (weekend/short breaks to European cities)

• Seaside package holidays are the most popular

Reasons why more and more British spend holidays abroad• 1970s The airline industry expanded and tour oper

ators started to offer very cheap package holidays to Spain or ‘last minute’ cheap fares. Large numbers of UK residents started to go abroad for their holidays. The package holiday boom started.

1980s• Skiing holidays were starting to beco

me popular and the package industry continued to expand. British tourists started to prefer a package holiday abroad to an expensive British holiday

1980s-1990s• Packages to the USA became much c

heaper than trips to British resorts. Most ordinary people went abroad.

1990s-2003 • A second yearly holiday became possi

ble with more and more cheap packages. Holidays to Australia and m

ore exotic locations became cheap enough for many ordinary working pe

ople.

The TOP 10 Destinations for British tourists in 2002

• Spain - 12.6 million visits • France - 11.7 million visits • Irish Republic - 4 million visits • USA - 3.7 million visits • Greece - 3 million visits • Italy - 2.7 million visits • Germany - 2.5 million • Netherlands - 2 million visits • Portugal - 1.8 million visits • Belgium - 1.5 million visits

Spain

•The traditional British holiday is a seaside holiday.

Unspoiled beaches

Delicious food

Hot Spanish girls & handsome guys

The TOP 10 Destinations for British tourists in 2002

• Spain - 12.6 million visits • France - 11.7 million visits • Irish Republic - 4 million visits • USA - 3.7 million visits • Greece - 3 million visits • Italy - 2.7 million visits • Germany - 2.5 million • Netherlands - 2 million visits • Portugal - 1.8 million visits • Belgium - 1.5 million visits

References• http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.s

ch.uk/customs/questions/holidays.htm

• http://www.spain.info/Tourspain/?language=en

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