Friday 27 October 2000
Spain (including the Balearic and Canary Islands) remains the firm favourite for British package holidaymakers, with 42% having visited in the last 12 months. Greece and her islands were voted second favourite (16%), Cyprus and France were third (7%) and the United States and Turkey were equal with 6%.
| Destinations Visited | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 |
|---|
| | % | % | % | % | % |
|---|
| Spain & Balearics / Canaries | 37 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 42 |
| Greece & Islands | 18 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 16 |
| USA | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Turkey | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Italy | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| France | 11 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Cyprus | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Caribbean | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Malta | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Austria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Holland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | * |
19% booked less than 1 month before travelling (22% in 1998) with 54% booking between 6 months and 1 month prior to travel (48% in 1998) and 23% between 6 months and 1 year. Only 4% booked more than 1 year in advance.
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Technical details
Between 2 September and 24 September 2000, MORI surveyed 963 people, across the UK, who had taken a package holiday in the previous 12 months