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Holiday habits: ‘returnerism’ widespread among UK holidaymakersNew research from ATOL has found that ‘returnerism’* is widespread among UK holidaymakers, with nearly a third of people (30 per cent) returning to the same holiday destination every single year. The average person has been to the same holiday resort four times and more than a tenth of UK holidaymakers (11 per cent) are such creatures of habit that they have returned to the same holiday spot ten or more times.A growing symptom of 'returnerism' includes holidaymakers cutting out the middle man as they become more familiar with their destination and putting their own holidays together. Two fifths (40 per cent) are booking their flights, hotel and transfer all independently, rather than booking them together through a travel company.A worrying side effect of this DIY approach to booking holidays is people not realising that their trip is not ATOL protected if they book the different parts separately.Holidaymakers like to follow their travel traditions once they have landed too. Nearly a third of people (31 per cent) admitted to booking the same hotel and a tenth (9 per cent) will even try to book the same room. A third of hungry tourists (34 per cent) will dine at the same restaurant and over a quarter (26 per cent) will go to the same pub or bar on every trip.*Returnerism: an “illness” which UK holidaymakers find themselves suffering from when they return to the same holiday destination year in year out.
QuoteHoliday habits: ‘returnerism’ widespread among UK holidaymakersNew research from ATOL has found that ‘returnerism’* is widespread among UK holidaymakers, with nearly a third of people (30 per cent) returning to the same holiday destination every single year. The average person has been to the same holiday resort four times and more than a tenth of UK holidaymakers (11 per cent) are such creatures of habit that they have returned to the same holiday spot ten or more times.A growing symptom of 'returnerism' includes holidaymakers cutting out the middle man as they become more familiar with their destination and putting their own holidays together. Two fifths (40 per cent) are booking their flights, hotel and transfer all independently, rather than booking them together through a travel company.A worrying side effect of this DIY approach to booking holidays is people not realising that their trip is not ATOL protected if they book the different parts separately.Holidaymakers like to follow their travel traditions once they have landed too. Nearly a third of people (31 per cent) admitted to booking the same hotel and a tenth (9 per cent) will even try to book the same room. A third of hungry tourists (34 per cent) will dine at the same restaurant and over a quarter (26 per cent) will go to the same pub or bar on every trip.*Returnerism: an “illness” which UK holidaymakers find themselves suffering from when they return to the same holiday destination year in year out.https://www.caa.co.uk/News/Holiday-habits---returnerism--widespread-among-UK-holidaymakers/
AriAren't the migrating birds that Cypriots make a big sport of shooting each year swallows. If so it shows what they think of their visitors.