This statistic shows holiday destination plans of travelers in the United Kingdom (UK) for their vacation from 2010 to 2015. Overseas holidays were preferred by 78 percent of respondents in 2014, compared to the 45 percent who were thinking of a holiday in the UK. Plans to go abroad on holiday were generally agreed on by a much higher share of respondents, except for 2012, when the difference between those planning an overseas holiday and a staycation was not as marked - 66 percent and 58 percent respectively.
Which destinations are you seriously thinking about taking your main holiday, i.e. holiday of 7 nights away from home?
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BDRC Continental. (February 27, 2015). Which destinations are you seriously thinking about taking your main holiday, i.e. holiday of 7 nights away from home? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/320797/holiday-destination-plans-of-travelers-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
BDRC Continental. "Which destinations are you seriously thinking about taking your main holiday, i.e. holiday of 7 nights away from home?." Chart. February 27, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320797/holiday-destination-plans-of-travelers-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
BDRC Continental. (2015). Which destinations are you seriously thinking about taking your main holiday, i.e. holiday of 7 nights away from home?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/320797/holiday-destination-plans-of-travelers-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
BDRC Continental. "Which Destinations Are You Seriously Thinking about Taking Your Main Holiday, I.E. Holiday of 7 Nights Away from Home?." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320797/holiday-destination-plans-of-travelers-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
BDRC Continental, Which destinations are you seriously thinking about taking your main holiday, i.e. holiday of 7 nights away from home? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/320797/holiday-destination-plans-of-travelers-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 11, 2023)
Which destinations are you seriously thinking about taking your main holiday, i.e. holiday of 7 nights away from home? [Graph], BDRC Continental, February 27, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/320797/holiday-destination-plans-of-travelers-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/