Yorkshire folk are the least likely to go away this summer, with more people staying at home in Leeds than any other major UK city, World Travel Market London research reveals. Overall, 33% of Brits say they are not going to have a summer holiday this year, with the figure rising to 44% in Yorkshire. It’s even higher in the Leeds area, where 50% of residents say they are not having a summer holiday. Liverpudlians are the next most likely to stay at home, with 43% saying they won’t be booking a holiday this summer. And it’s the same for 42% of those living in the Cardiff area, 41% of Brightonians and 41% in Southampton.
It appears the annual holiday break is more sacrosanct to people in the South West , where 37% of residents have booked a summer holiday this year, compared to the national average of 30%. When looking at the UK’s biggest cities, 44.5% of people in Plymouth have booked to get away. Newcastle (35%); Southampton (34%) and London (31%) are all above the national average.
Those in the North West are more likely to take two summer holidays (14% compared to the average of 12%). By comparison, only 3% in Southampton and 7% of Newcastle residents are going away on two summer holidays.
More Londoners will take three summer holidays than their counterparts elsewhere in the country (6% compared to the national average of 4%), while five times more people in Northern Ireland will take four summer holidays this year (5% compared to the national average of 1%).
Decisions, decisions
Scottish people are the most undecided, with 27% of Scots saying they intend to go on holiday but they have yet to decide where to go. Finding it almost as hard to make a decision are Midlanders, with 23% saying they haven’t decided where to go yet, compared to the national average of 20%.
The UK’s most indecisive city is Edinburgh (30%); followed by Sheffield (28%). Of those lucky 50% in Leeds who are going away this summer, only 11% have not yet booked.
Destinations
People holidaying in mainland Spain are more likely to be Northern Irish or from the North West, with 15% and 10% respectively booking to go there.
By comparison, only 1% of Londoners have chosen the Spanish mainland, preferring instead to opt for the Canaries or the Algarve in Europe and the Caribbean as a long-haul destination (7% of Londoners are heading to the Caribbean region).
Midlanders are more likely to holiday in England, with 54% saying they have booked a break in their home country. They’ll be joined by a substantial number of people from Yorkshire, the South West and the east of the country, as 50% of people from these three regions say they’ll holiday in their home land.
Scottish and Northern Irish holidaymakers are the least likely to holiday in England – only 20% of those in Northern Ireland and 36% of those in Scotland will holiday here.
North Easterners are more likely to go Florida (8%), while only 2% of those in the South West and Scotland have booked to go to Florida.
