Vuelos Baratos: New York is the Destination of Choice for Spaniards Travelling Outside Europe to Spend the December Bank Holiday

Miami is also among the top 5 most popular destinations

Havana, Buenos Aires and Cancun are the most sought after destinations in Latin America

MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A study conducted by leading, independent flight search-engine, Vuelos Baratos (www.vuelosbaratos.es) shows that New York is the most popular destination among Spanish Internet users looking to spend the up-coming December bank holiday in a destination outside Europe. The Big Apple accounted for nearly 30% of all searches performed by those Vuelos Baratos users who want to take advantage of the joint Feast of the Immaculate Conception and Constitution Day bank holidays to travel beyond Europe.

New York heads a list of top 10 destinations which, this year, has many new entrants. For the first time Miami joins more traditional destinations such as Istanbul, Marrakech and Tangiers. Casablanca, Havana, Buenos Aires, Dubai and Cancun round out the list. In previous years Morocco accounted for the vast majority of searches due to its proximity to Spain, but this year it has been overtaken by American destinations.

Nevertheless, the Vuelos Baratos study shows that a majority of Spaniards who intend to travel by plane over the December bank holiday still chose to travel to destinations in other European countries. Most of the searches (51.3%) carried out on Vuelos Baratos were for flights to the main European cities, whilst searches to Spanish destinations accounted for 35.3% of all searches and flights to non-European destinations grew, when compared to previous years, from 3% to 13.4%.

Most popular destinations among Spaniards for December bank holidays:

From Spain to outside Europe: 1.New York, 2.Istanbul, 3.Marrakech, 4.Tangiers, 5.Miami, 6.Casablanca, 7.Havana, 8.Buenos Aires, 9.Dubai, 10.Cancun.

Most popular destinations: 1.London, 2.Madrid, 3.Paris, 4.Barcelona, 5.Rome, 6.New York, 7.Tenerife, 8.Amsterdam, 9.Berlin, 10.Seville.

Most popular Spanish destinations: 1.Madrid, 2.Barcelona, 3.Tenerife, 4.Seville, 5.Gran Canaria, 6.Lanzarote, 7.Santiago de Compostela, 8.Palma de Mallorca, 9.Malaga, 10.Bilbao.

Most popular European destinations: 1.London, 2.Paris, 3.Rome, 4.Amsterdam, 5.Berlin, 6.Brussels, 7.Prague, 8.Lisbon, 9.Venice, 10.Munich.

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