City Breaks Win!

Travel search site  momondo has carried out an extensive survey of British travel habits and results show city breaks are more popular than ever, with 52% of those asked stating them as a preferred type of holiday.

Shorter in length than the average beach holiday, the three- to five-day city break classically is taken mid-week, or over a long weekend. City breaks encourage travellers to explore new parts of the world within a shorter space of time - often without the need for a full week's leave from
work.
The survey found a massive 56% of Brits went on one or more city break in 2013. And of these asked, a considerable 30% of Brits questioned, had been on one city break abroad during 2013. Furthermore, 15% had taken two city breaks in 2013, and interestingly 10% of Brits surveyed, had been on three or more city breaks in 2013.

New York leads the way as a city break destination for Brits in the research, with 57% of those surveyed listing it as a favourite. Rome came in second, with 49% of Brits listing it as a favourite, and Paris a close third with 45% of Brits opting for it. Joint fourth-most chosen were Barcelona and Venice, with 44% of Brits selecting these cities as favourites, and in fifth place came Amsterdam, with 36% of Brits listing it as a favourite.

However the survey also delivered a few surprises. As 17% of Brits choose Norway's capital Oslo as a preferred city break destination, 15% preferred Finland's capital Helsinki, 15% selected Germany's Munich, and 13% opted for Poland's Krakow.

 Other nations

In international comparison, momondo found Norwegians showed even more enthusiasm for a city break, with 69% of them citing it as a preferred holiday choice, whilst 68% of Italians, 61% of Finns, 60% of Spaniards, and 58% of Germans, stated city breaks as a preferred holiday option. Nations
who favoured city breaks slightly less than the UK were the Swedes, with 48% citing city breaks as a preferred holiday choice, 44% of Dutch, 23% of Russians, 22% of Americans, and just 11% of French, citing city breaks as a favoured types of trip.


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