UK tourists’ top holiday destinations revealed – but Brits are not welcome at all of them. Desert Safari Dubai Tours looked at Google search data to find which holiday destinations were most in demand this year – with some familiar favourites listed.
But some of them have seen tensions between locals and UK holidaymakers and tourists this year, amid protests and demonstrations over perceived “overtourism” and a “low quality” of visitor. Magdalena Petrusic, from Desert Safari Dubai Tours, said: “It’s interesting to note how many of these destinations are located in Europe, and some are a relative stone’s throw away, which highlights the demand the UK has for warmer weather, and how people don’t want to go far for it.”
Istanbul was the 10th most searched-for destination with 28,000 monthly searches on average. But Brits have been advised against “all but essential travel” to parts of Turkey, in an update from the nation’s Foreign Office this week.
