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Brits still cautious about travel despite ‘safe’ list


Consumer surveys show a minority plan overseas holidays. Ian Taylor reports


Media coverage of the government’s intention to relax quarantine measures in the run-up to last week’s announcement of a Covid travel list of countries boosted the intention to take an overseas holiday this summer among a minority of consumers. But research suggests the majority


remain to be convinced it will be safe to travel. A YouGov survey on July 1 found just 11% of UK adults “intend to go on


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a summer holiday abroad” this year. The findings, from a survey of 2,000- plus respondents, tallies with latest BVA-BDRC research which found 12% of UK adults intend to take an overseas holiday by the end of September. This was the highest figure since


early May, and one in four (24%) said they intended to take a holiday abroad by the end of the year. The YouGov survey also found


a higher proportion of likely holidaymakers in London (19%),


among the young (15% of those aged 18-24) and those from better-off households (13%). But the figures reflect overall


caution. More than three in four (77%) in the YouGov survey said they had no intention of travelling abroad. BVA-BDRC reported the average


lead time to taking an overseas holiday had fallen by more than two months


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