British people ’ s holidays abroad By 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 operators 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 become 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 cheaper than trips to British resorts. Most ordinary people went abroad.

1990s-2003 A second yearly holiday became possible with more and more cheap packages. Holidays to Australia and more exotic locations became cheap enough for many ordinary working people.

The TOP 10 Destinations for British tourists in 2002 Spain million visits France million visits Irish Republic - 4 million visits USA million visits Greece - 3 million visits Italy million visits Germany million Netherlands - 2 million visits Portugal million visits Belgium 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 million visits France million visits Irish Republic - 4 million visits USA million visits Greece - 3 million visits Italy million visits Germany million Netherlands - 2 million visits Portugal million visits Belgium million visits

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