| The awful May Bank Holiday weather and driving | | | | against the Euro. The pound is weak against the |
| rainstorm which met commuters on their way | | | | Euro, indeed at the moment, a Euro costs 80p. |
| back to the office on the Tuesday, following a | | | | This has led to traditional destination haunts like |
| long weekend, has led to a hefty increase in | | | | Cyprus, Greece and Spain take a down turn in |
| orders for holidays abroad. Many UK residents it | | | | bookings with holiday makers looking at cheaper |
| seems are trying to dodge the random weather | | | | alternatives in countries such as Romania, |
| of the UK and go somewhere hot and sunny. | | | | Morocco and Bulgaria where the pound is stronger. |
| Over the course of the bank holiday and | | | | One of these countries, Romania, have certainly |
| particularly around Tuesday lunch time, online | | | | noticed an influx of tourism to their towns over |
| travel websites like, First Choice, and Thomson | | | | the last couple of years. Last year alone the |
| experienced incredible rises in online holiday | | | | tourism market made 34 million Euros more than |
| bookings, some even by 22%. | | | | in the previous year. Although, many Britons |
| The climate of the UK is a strong issue in pushing | | | | choose to holiday now in eastern European |
| British holiday makers abroad in record numbers | | | | countries, the infrastructure and facilities does not |
| again this year, bookings alone for winter breaks | | | | have enough appeal to make foreign tourists |
| have dramatically increased and demand for short | | | | spend lots of money and so aid their economy. |
| city breaks is ever growing. With the | | | | Even still, the forecasts for this year is that the |
| circumstance of global financial insecurity in the UK | | | | amount of tourists should increase by around |
| at the moment, short city breaks are becoming | | | | 13-15%. |
| fashionable with people not geared up to fork out | | | | 19% of holiday makers surveyed were also |
| for full price holidays. The average cost for a | | | | looking to visit destinations were the pound is |
| week's holiday has recently been put at around | | | | strong. This means that America, with its weak |
| two thousand pounds, according to a recent | | | | dollar is particularly attractive with cities such as |
| survey of around three thousand travellers | | | | Orlando and LA touted as potential break |
| abroad. | | | | destinations. |
| The small, city breaks, costing less, are rising in | | | | All in all the future doubt surrounding the strength |
| popularity, a recent survey by an online travel | | | | of the UK currency against other currencies as |
| website, reported that over eighteen percent of | | | | well as rising utility, fuel and mortgage payments, |
| holiday makers are choosing to go on these short | | | | will certainly mean that holidays abroad to |
| city breaks, as opposed to only 23 per cent | | | | traditional destinations like Spain and Greece, occur |
| taking a fortnights holiday or more. | | | | less frequently and holidays to eastern European |
| A fundamental reason for the growth in city | | | | cities like Bulgaria increase, from our need to get |
| breaks and enticement of far away sunny | | | | the most from our money in today's tough |
| destinations is due to the pound's current standing | | | | financial environment. |