VisitBritain predicts bumper bank holiday weekend
VisitBritain is predicting a bumper bank holiday weekend with 7.3 million Brits planning an overnight holiday trip.
This is up on last year’s results when 6.9 million Brits planned to take an overnight holiday trip during the August bank holiday weekend, while in 2016 the figure was 5.1 million.
VisitEngland’s August bank holiday Trip-Tracker survey also showed a further 8.4 million people are still undecided about whether to take an overnight holiday trip in the UK during the bank holiday weekend.
Of those undecided, 43% said they are waiting to see what the weather does.
The Met Office said today it would be ‘fresher and noticeably cooler’ over the weekend with some showers or rain at times.
It comes after a record-breaking heatwave earlier in the summer when temperatures regularly went above 30C.
VisitEngland Director Patricia Yates said: "We are hearing from many destinations and tourism businesses that they are experiencing a strong summer. The certainty of budgeting for a holiday at home, the ease and convenience, are all contributing to people choosing to take more domestic trips, boosting the economy and spreading the benefits of tourism across the country."
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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