The best value long-haul winter sun destinations for 2022 for the British have been revealed in a new study, with Hoi An in Vietnam number one in the ranking.
It is here that your pound will spread the most, followed by Cape Town in South Africa (second), Mombasa in Kenya (third) and Tokyo, Japan (fourth).
Meanwhile, Bridgetown in Barbados has been considered the worst value long-haul winter sun destination for British tourists.
The best value long-haul winter sun destinations for the British in 2022 have been revealed in a new study, with Hoi An in Vietnam (pictured) number one in the ranking.
Cape Town (above) in South Africa is the second best value destination for British tourists, reveals Post Office Travel Money
This is according to Post Office Travel Money’s Long Haul Holiday Report barometer, produced in partnership with holiday firm Travelbag, which compared the cost of 10 tourist staples in 28 destinations worldwide to see where Britons will get the most value. for your money.
The basket of items being compared includes a cup of filter coffee, a chocolate bar, a cocktail, sunscreen and a three-course dinner for two with a bottle of wine.
The recent fall in the value of the pound means that tourists planning winter sun trips to 80 per cent of the destinations surveyed will have to pay more than in 2019, when the last report was published, Post Office Travel Money reveals.
Post Office Travel Money’s Long Haul Holiday Report barometer compared the cost of 10 tourist staples in 28 destinations worldwide to see where Brits will get the most value for their money
However, while the report found increases of more than 20 percent in 14 destinations, it also found sizeable drops in several popular resorts from Thailand to Dubai and Brazil to Jamaica. And in Hoi An.
It is the first time that Vietnam, which has risen from fourth place, has topped the barometer chart, with Post Office Travel Money noting that although the British pound has lost value against the Vietnamese dong, a sharp drop in local prices means that Costs for Britons are down 10 per cent to £67.78. A bottle of beer will set travelers back £1.78 and dinner for two is priced at just £43.14.
Cape Town (£68.49) retains its second position in the report, while third place Kenya (£77.41) has moved up two places.
The basket of items being compared includes a cup of filter coffee, a chocolate bar, a cocktail, sunscreen and a three-course dinner for two with a bottle of wine.
Tokyo (£81.63) has fallen from first place to fourth this year after posting significant price increases, Post Office Travel Money reveals. Barometer costs have risen 38 per cent in the city, despite a 16 per cent drop in the value of the Japanese yen against the British pound since 2019.
Barometer costs also increased, this time by 15 per cent, for Kuta, Bali (£82.40), which slipped from third to fifth place in the ranking.
At £93.53, prices in sixth-place Phuket, Thailand, have plunged 20 per cent, due to a “combination of local price declines and a nine per cent drop in the value of the Thai baht versus the pound sterling”.
The Kenyan city of Mombasa comes in third overall in the rankings with a basket of goods priced at £77.41
Tokyo (£81.63) has fallen from first to fourth this year after posting significant price increases, Post Office Travel Money reveals
Rio, Brazil, is in seventh place: prices are down more than six per cent to £102.25 after an 11 per cent drop in the value of the Brazilian real. Meanwhile, Montego Bay, Jamaica comes in eighth in the rankings, at £110.67. Prices there are six percent lower than in 2019, due to lower local prices.
In the US, Orlando (£111.87, ninth) has retained its place in the top 10 despite a 29 per cent rise in price levels from 2019, an “increase compounded by the growing strength of the US dollar,” reveals Post Office Travel Money. By comparison, the same items cost 50 per cent more in New York (£169.09, 24).
The final destination to break into the top 10 is Penang, Malaysia at £111.93. Barometer prices there have risen 25.8% since 2019.
Cancun, Mexico (£115.07, 11) and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (£117.5, 12) appear to be relatively good value for money, although prices have risen 43 per cent in Cancun in recent years. three year post office travel money notes
Bridgetown in Barbados, pictured, has been considered the worst value long-distance winter sun destination for British tourists.
Barometer costs have fallen nearly 10 per cent to £135.96 in Jumeirah, Dubai, taking the resort up 11 places in the table to 16th, the highest position in its history.
At the more expensive end of the table, prices are up 34 per cent in Barbados (£238.64, 28).
Seychelles (£234.80, 27) is the second most expensive long-distance destination. The report found it was almost twice as expensive as Grand Baie, Mauritius (£122.02, 13), another popular Indian Ocean vacation spot.
However, the largest increase of more than 55 per cent was recorded in Antigua (25), where the barometer basket in its capital, St John’s, rose to £179.16. In general, barometer costs have increased in seven of the eight Caribbean and Central American destinations surveyed; Jamaica is the only exception, Post Office Travel Money reveals.
For more information about the study, visit www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul.