Sunshine.co.uk looked at the concept of solo holidays and travelling alone to discover how many people have embarked on holidays all on their lonesome and the reasons why these kind of breaks appeal to holidaymakers.
We polled 1,693 people aged 18 and over from around the UK, each of whom had been on holiday abroad in the last 12 months, and asked them questions about all the holidays they’d been on.
24% of Britons have been abroad on holiday alone
Sunshine.co.uk initially asked all respondents ‘Have you ever been on a holiday abroad by yourself?’ to which 24% of respondents told us that they had. The remaining 76% of respondents revealed that they had never been on holiday by themselves.
Those who had been on holiday abroad alone were then asked to disclose all the reasons why they had had travelled by themselves. The top 5 reasons for doing so were as follows:
1. Looking for love – 31%
2. To re-discover myself – 26%
3. I like my own company – 24%
4. No one else to go with – 19%
5. My usual holiday buddies couldn’t make it – 17%
Spain top destination for solo holidays
The relevant respondents were then asked to reveal which location they went to while travelling abroad alone. The top locations were revealed as follows:
1. Spain – 25% For weather forecasts, click here.
2. Australia – 23% For weather forecasts, click here.
3. Thailand – 18% For weather forecasts, click here.
4. Greece – 14% For weather forecasts, click here.
5. France – 11% For weather forecasts, click here.
Other people who had never been on holiday alone were asked whether they would ever consider doing so in future. A majority of 67% of those respondents indicated that they would, whilst the remaining 33% of respondents stated that they would never go away by themselves.
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