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London is new May Day Holiday Top Spot, Skyscanner Data Shows
EDINBURGH, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from leading flight search engine, Skyscanner
(http://www.Skyscanner.net), shows that London has become the most popular
May Day holiday weekend flight destination for Brits this year.
Last year, London ranked only 6th most popular, but has now rocketed up
the charts displacing Amsterdam as the number one most searched for flight
destination on Skyscanner for the early May bank holiday period.
2008 Destination 2009 Destination
1 Amsterdam 1 London
2 Barcelona 2 Malaga
3 Malaga 3 Amsterdam
4 Dublin 4 Alicante
5 Alicante 5 Barcelona
6 London 6 Rome
7 Rome 7 Dublin
8 Palma 8 Palma
9 Paris 9 Berlin
10 Prague 10 Paris
Malaga, Alicante and Rome have each risen one place from last year and
Berlin is a brand new entry in the top ten. Dublin has taken a fall, possibly
due to the sharp downturn in Ireland's economy. Barcelona has descended three
places, Paris one place and Prague has dropped out of the top ten altogether.
Overall, Spain still remains the single most popular country destination
outside of the UK for the May Day holiday travel, with four Spanish
destinations appearing in the top ten. Urban breaks appear to be more popular
than beach breaks, with seven of the top ten May Day destinations being large
cities.
Gareth Williams, Skyscanner CEO commented:
"The massive rise in the number of people searching for flights to London
this year shows that more people are staying in the UK this May Day holiday,
likely because of the weak pound. However, Skyscanner's data clearly shows
that people aren't being put off the eurozone; the rest of the top ten are
all euro destinations."
About Skyscanner
Skyscanner is the most powerful and flexible flight search engine in
Europe, providing instant online comparison on flight prices for over 670,000
routes on over 600 airlines. With Skyscanner, users can browse without having
to enter specific dates or even destinations, and Skyscanner is available in
20 different languages including French, German and Spanish.
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