Cheap Flights Search Engine Skyscanner Reveals Top New Year Destinations
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on: December 10, 2009, 1:58 pm
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Skyscanner Ltd
Industry: Travel
Travel search site Skyscanner reveals the most popular
destinations that Brits are heading to for New Year.
The data, based on user searches on the cheap
flights search engine, Skyscanner, threw up an intriguing mix of locations in
sunny, city and even snowy destinations that Brits are travelling to for their New
Year celebrations.
In the number one position, New York topped the bill as the most searched for
destination – and was the only city outside of Europe to feature in the top ten.
The big apple has long been one of the most famous places to see in the New Year,
and the weakening US dollar and availability of cheap flights
to New York may help explain its popularity.
In second place was Tenerife, a long time favourite for Brits seeking escape from
the UK’s winter gloom. The church square in Los Cristianos hosts thousands of
revellers waiting to pop their bottles of Cava – and like everywhere else, you’ll be
able to join the locals “oohing” and “aahing” over the spectacular firework display
if you grab some last minute flights
to Tenerife soon.
Paris and Amsterdam ranked 3rd and 4th; London came in 5th, suggesting many British
revellers will be ringing in the New Year on home turf – or that they are using
London as connecting hub for onward travel.
Alicante and Malaga, also favourites of British holidaymakers appeared in 6th and
7th, making Spain the most popular country for Brits to celebrate New Year overall.
Edinburgh (home of Skyscanner) ranked 8th, suggesting that Hogmanay in the Scottish
capital is still a big New Year destination for many in the UK.
Ranking 9th was Geneva, the massively popular ski hub, suggesting that a large
proportion of Brits will be seeing in the New Year at one of the dozens of French or
Swiss ski resorts that lie within 2 hours of the Swiss city.
And at number 10 was Irish capital Dublin, which is well known for its New Year’s
craic drawing thousands of Brits each year.
Ranking based on flight searches on Skyscanner from UK airports for travel over the
New Year Period 09/10.
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