| Thousands of British Tourists go for cheap holiday | | | | There are a few ways of finding cheap holiday deals |
| deals to the Mediterranean each year. This rainy | | | | flying from British airports. By the late 1950s and 1960s |
| summer made Britons leave England to look for some | | | | cheap package holidays emerged, which combined |
| sunshine abroad. There were many great offers from | | | | flights, transfers and accommodation and provided the |
| tour operators as the demand was quite high. | | | | opportunity for British people to travel more often in |
| Top destinations offering cheap holidays are Greek | | | | affordable prices. However just recently a growing |
| Islands, Cyprus, Hurgada, Sharm el Sheikh, Tunisia, | | | | number of travelers are avoiding package holidays and |
| Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Spain, Portugal, Luxor, | | | | instead are traveling with low cost airlines such as |
| Maldives, Goa, Mexico, and Kenya, Caribbean and Ski | | | | Easy jet , Ryan air and BMI Baby and booking their |
| resorts like Andorra, Sweden and other. | | | | own accommodation, |
| Travel related websites have also had record | | | | The need for British people to escape more often in |
| numbers of hits in June and July. Brent Hoberman, the | | | | affordable prices and the growth of Internet has |
| founder of says: "More people are booking their | | | | changed the way travelers search for holidays. Many |
| holiday last minute. The bad weather is obviously a | | | | people now have become travel agents in their own |
| factor this summer, but people are also just more | | | | home, and book their holiday direct from the Internet in |
| confident that they will get the best deals by leaving it | | | | better prices. |
| until late." Spain remains the most popular destination | | | | "Gerrard from Barnsley reckons that she can save |
| for last-minute bookers in search of the sun. | | | | £800 on a holiday by booking it herself and |
| Destinations such as Turkey and Bulgaria offer better | | | | supports that she gave up on the package because |
| value for money. "Turkey really has been the biggest | | | | she knew they were never going to be any cheaper," |
| success story of recent years," Mr Tipton says. "It has | | | | (Marianne Lueck, 2005, BBC News). |
| gone from having around 100,000 visitors a year to | | | | Another revolution to cheaper holidays is dynamic |
| over a million."(Anabell Fallon, 2004, Independent on | | | | packaging. Thomson has launched a concept named |
| Sunday) | | | | "dynamic packaging" where customers can book their |
| Greece is also one of the most famous destinations | | | | flights and accommodation separately. That was a big |
| for British travelers. Greece attracts over 16 million | | | | change for the travel industry and promoted the sell of |
| tourists a year. The country has been an attraction for | | | | all inclusive cheap deals. There are many travel agents |
| international visitors due to its rich and long history, for | | | | in UK that offer dynamic packaging through website |
| its glorious Mediterranean coastline and beaches, the | | | | and Teletext channels mainly. ltd is one of the trusty |
| mild climate and fantastic cuisine. There plenty of | | | | travel agents in South England. They provide cheap all |
| cheap holiday packages to Greece from all British | | | | inclusive holidays, cheap accommodation only or flight |
| airports mainly to the Greek islands which of them | | | | only deals, city breaks, ski holidays around Europe, and |
| most famous are Crete, Rhodes, Corfu and Zante. | | | | low-priced long haul holidays. |