This statistic shows the most popular overnight seaside destinations in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012, ranked by number of trips taken on average annually. Blackpool was among the most visited, with an average of over 1.5 million overnight trips made to the seaside resort for vacations annually.
Seaside destinations ranked by annual average overnight holiday trips in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012
(trips in millions)
Characteristic
Trips in millions
Scarborough
1.62
Blackpool
1.48
Isle of Wight
1.03
Skegness
1.03
Brighton
1.02
Bournemouth
0.96
Great Yarmouth
0.68
Portsmouth
0.67
Torquay
0.63
Newquay
0.57
Weymouth
0.52
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Trips in millions1.621.621.481.481.031.031.031.031.021.020.960.960.680.680.670.670.630.630.570.570.520.52ScarboroughBlackpoolIsle of WightSkegnessBrightonBournemouthGreat YarmouthPortsmouthTorquayNewquayWeymouth
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* The source specifies: "Interviewing is carried out every week of the year using a face-to-face methodology. Annually, some 100,000 respondents are contacted, and any who have returned from an overnight trip within the past four weeks are asked to describe the details of that trip." Publication date not provided.
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VisitEngland. (January 3, 2013). Seaside destinations ranked by annual average overnight holiday trips in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012 (trips in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/292984/most-popular-seaside-destinations-in-great-britain/
VisitEngland. "Seaside destinations ranked by annual average overnight holiday trips in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012 (trips in millions)." Chart. January 3, 2013. Statista. Accessed March 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292984/most-popular-seaside-destinations-in-great-britain/
VisitEngland. (2013). Seaside destinations ranked by annual average overnight holiday trips in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012 (trips in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/292984/most-popular-seaside-destinations-in-great-britain/
VisitEngland. "Seaside Destinations Ranked by Annual Average Overnight Holiday Trips in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012 (Trips in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jan 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292984/most-popular-seaside-destinations-in-great-britain/
VisitEngland, Seaside destinations ranked by annual average overnight holiday trips in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012 (trips in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/292984/most-popular-seaside-destinations-in-great-britain/ (last visited March 17, 2025)
Seaside destinations ranked by annual average overnight holiday trips in Great Britain from 2010 to 2012 (trips in millions) [Graph], VisitEngland, January 3, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/292984/most-popular-seaside-destinations-in-great-britain/
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