By Sophie Foster, deputy travel editor for Mailonline
4:06 PM June 7, 2024, updated 4:33 PM June 7, 2024
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Brits have listed the best and worst destinations in the world – and Greece comes in at number one, with Scandinavia at the bottom.
The 28-point ranking is thanks to research from the Post Office Travel Money Holiday Spending Report, with 94 percent of Brits saying Greece is good value for money, while only 38 percent rate Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark and Sweden) as assessed as such.
The next best country overall is mainland Spain (93 percent), followed by the Canary Islands (93 percent), covering Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Just above Scandinavia, Switzerland is the second worst destination according to opinion polls (38 percent).
The best-rated long-haul destination is Thailand (89 percent), followed by Mexico (87 percent) and South Africa (85 percent).
The lowest ranked long-haul destination is the city of Dubai (51 percent) in the UAE, while the second worst destination in terms of value is the United States (67 percent), followed by Mauritius (68 percent) in East Africa.
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The top five in Europe is completed by Portugal (92 percent) and Turkey (92 percent).
The list of the five worst-priced European destinations also includes France (65 percent), Italy (79 percent) and Croatia (83 percent).
The Post Office report also shows that more than three in five Britons – and 68 per cent of families – plan to travel abroad this year, with foreign travel the top priority, after paying for food, energy and household supplies.
On their most recent trip abroad, almost four in five (78 percent) holidaymakers set a budget of an average of £334.47 per person, but only a third of holidaymakers stuck to it, with 67 percent exceeding their budget by an average of £154. 62 .
Families spent even more. The 73 percent who busted their budget did so by 55 percent, spending around £312 more than the average budget of £566.26.
More than half (57 percent) of holidaymakers who overspent blamed restaurant meals, while 32 percent blamed food and drink bought at a local shop or supermarket as the culprits.
A third (36 percent) attribute their overspending to the cost of drinks and 44 percent say they have spent too much on sightseeing and excursions.
A previous survey found that 84 percent of holidaymakers are concerned about the cost of meals, drinks and other tourist items at overseas resorts and cities.
Travelers staying at all-inclusive resorts are showing an increase in spending on food and drink – the Post Office claims in a press release that this is because fewer items are now included in the paid package.
The report says 77 percent of individuals and 81 percent of families spend money on trips to local restaurants for meals.
Laura Plunkett, Head of Travel Money at Post Office, said: ‘The opinions of holidaymakers who have visited a destination are very useful and are likely to be a more reliable source of value for money information than the opinions of people who have no direct knowledge. of the country.
‘Most of the 28 good value destinations in our survey received higher scores from previous visitors than from those who had to rely on what they had read or heard about the country.’