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Tourists set the pace
Despite the lack of summer snow, Austria has been revealed
as country with the biggest increase in visitor numbers, the mountains
and lakes pulling in the tourists. Government figures suggest that
Austria is the fastest-growing destination for British holidaymakers,
while Israel is the country that has seen the biggest decline in
visitors.
Year round snow in Austria?
Research by the Office for National Statistics reveal that Austria
has seen an increase of 37 per cent in the past three years, largely,
it seems because there has been a huge increase in the number of
no-frills flights to and from the country. The Austrian National
Tourist Office said that this is despite recent research showing
that two-thirds of Britons apparently think that it snows all year
round in Austria. In fact the lakes were warmer than anywhere else
in the Mediterranean Sea last summer at around 22C.
Israel not too popular...
After Austria, the popularity ratings were:
2. Yugoslavia (32% up)
3. Turkey (23%up)
4. New Zealand (21% up)
5. Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East excluding Israel
(20% up)
The biggest fallers were:
1. Israel (62% down)
2, Iceland (29% down)
3. Canada (18% down)
4. United States (16% down)
5. Gibraltar, (9% down).
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