Most popular seaside destinations in Great Britain 2010-2012

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 3, 2013
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)

CharacteristicTrips 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
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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
00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.911.11.21.31.41.51.61.71.8

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Release date

January 2013

Region

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

2010 to 2012

Number of respondents

100,000*

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* 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."
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