ABTA estimates Easter getaway
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Travel association ABTA has estimated that two million British people are set to go on holiday this Easter weekend.Spain remains the most popular destination, followed by Egypt thanks to the growing Sharm El Sheikh. Tunisia and Turkey have also sold well, as have Florida and the Dominican Republic.Geneva is the top destination to reach the ski resorts of Switzerland, France and Italy and these have been boosted by the recent snowfall. City breaks in Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin, Milan and New York remain strong, with British cities London, Edinburgh and Manchester attracting long weekenders too. “Easter is the traditional curtain raiser to the summer and I am delighted to see that hundreds of thousands of our customers are taking the opportunity to take a well earned break both here in the UK and overseas,” said ABTA Chairman John McEwan.Airports have reported good numbers, with over one million flying from London, 155,000 people departing from Scotland and 200,000 jetting off from the Midlands.
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