Britons increasingly swapping Med’s busy hotspots for ‘destination dupes’
10-05-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com

Britons increasingly swapping Med’s busy hotspots for ‘destination dupes’

TikTok trend is inspiring tourists to seek out cheaper locations such as Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina It will take more than a TikTok trend to break Britons’ love affair with Mediterranean beaches. But latest figures show travellers are increasingly swapping Málaga for North Macedonia and Benidorm for the Balkans as part of a social media craze for “destination dupes”.Flights from the UK to Bosnia and Herzegovina soared by 284% in 2024 compared with the previous
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