Winter holidays abroad are catching up on summer breaks in terms of their popularity with Brits, according to new research by Sunshine.co.uk, which revealed that almost as many people have a winter break planned as well on a summer holiday this year.
The company polled 2,165 people aged 18 and over from around the UK and the findings revealed that 57% of respondents had planned a sun holiday abroad that would be taken in the winter months of December, January or February.
When asked if they preferred going away in the summer or the winter, 51% of those taking part said ?winter?, and when asked to explain why this was the case, 65% of the relevant respondents said they preferred winter holidays because it ?makes more sense to go away when the UK weather is bad?, whilst 23% said that there were ?cheaper deals available in winter?.
Those who preferred summer holidays did so because of ?hotter temperatures in most holiday destinations? (46%), followed by ?fits in better with home schedules such as school holidays? (27%). The top three most popular destinations for summer holidays abroad were Spain, Egypt and Tenerife and the top three winter destinations were Egypt, Tenerife and Mexico.
