Hot destinations to watch in 2019

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Gary Noakes

4 January 2019

The peak sales booking period always gives a good indication of trends in the market and hot destinations for the year ahead.

Croatia: Dalmatian coastline

One key factor is affordability and, in 2019, there is good reason to be concerned about this, with Brexit on March 29 looming.

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