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Home trips up by 13 per cent
TRIPS taken in England by UK residents in the first four months of this year are up by 13 per cent, figures released by VisitEngland have shown.
The figures - which form part of the United Kingdom Tourism Survey - show that 1.2m more holiday trips and over 5m extra nights' holiday have been taken than in the same period of 2008.
While overall trips, including business and visiting friends and family, from the January to April period have remained at a stable 27m, the holiday sector has benefited from Brits choosing to take their breaks close to home this year.
TRIPS taken in England by UK residents in the first four months of this year are up by 13 per cent, figures released by VisitEngland have shown.
The figures - which form part of the United Kingdom Tourism Survey - show that 1.2m more holiday trips and over 5m extra nights' holiday have been taken than in the same period of 2008.
While overall trips, including business and visiting friends and family, from the January to April period have remained at a stable 27m, the holiday sector has benefited from Brits choosing to take their breaks close to home this year.
'Green' holiday complex works well
A NORFOLK holiday complex is attracting environmentally friendly staycationers by opening five carbon-neutral barn conversions.
The self-catering cottages, at Cranmer Country Cottages on the north Norfolk coast, include solar energy and ground-source heat pumps, and even the Swedish eco-friendly paint used carries an anti-asthma endorsement.
Experts at Suffolk-based East Green Energy installed the state-of-the-art systems, which aim to reduce the oil consumption of the cottages to zero and of the swimming pool by 50 per cent.
A NORFOLK holiday complex is attracting environmentally friendly staycationers by opening five carbon-neutral barn conversions.
The self-catering cottages, at Cranmer Country Cottages on the north Norfolk coast, include solar energy and ground-source heat pumps, and even the Swedish eco-friendly paint used carries an anti-asthma endorsement.
Experts at Suffolk-based East Green Energy installed the state-of-the-art systems, which aim to reduce the oil consumption of the cottages to zero and of the swimming pool by 50 per cent.
