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Outbound demand to increase in 2025 as holidays 'remain a priority'

Economy
James Chapple
31 December 2024

Demand for outbound travel – particularly packages – is set to increase in 2025 as holidays "remain a priority for many", according to consultancy RSM UK.

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Four in 10 consumers (41%) plan to take an overseas holiday of at least five days next year, up from 35% last year, RSM UK’s latest Consumer Outlook survey reveals.


Just shy of a third (30%), meanwhile, are looking at an overseas weekend trip, up from less than a quarter (24%) last year).


RSM also predicts strong demand for UK long-stays, a priority for 28% of respondents to its survey, up from 25% last year. A third (33%) are also planning a weekend away in the new year.


Only 15% of the 2,000 survey respondents said they weren’t planning to take a holiday in 2025, down from 19% a year earlier.