Thousands of UK holidaymakers are this weekend looking for June last minute holidays as the World Cup begins in South Africa, says holiday search engine website holidayholiday.co.uk.

(TRAVPR.COM) UNITED KINGDOM  - ^11th June 2010 - Thousands of UK holidaymakers are this weekend looking for June last minute holidays as the World Cup begins in South Africa, says holiday search engine website holidayholiday.co.uk.

Some predictions have stated that people will choose not to go on holiday during the World Cup and may prefer to stay at home to watch it. But many holidaymakers are looking for last minute holidays to popular holiday destinations such as Tenerife, which has a variety of bars and pubs showing the matches. With over a hundred countries set to show the World Cup 2010 on TV, holidaymakers not wishing to lose out on their country competing can still watch the action, whilst enjoying their holiday.

“We’re finding that UK holidaymakers are still looking for last minute holidays this month, some even leaving it as late as a couple of days before they depart” says Emma Healey, Director of Holidayholiday.co.uk, “It seems that people don’t want to lose out on a holiday even if they’re avid football fans, so watching the World Cup abroad from the relaxed comfort of a bar on holiday is appealing to many. And there will be plenty of bars showing the football. There’s also the other side of the coin to consider, with some non-football fans looking for last minute holidays as they attempt to escape the World Cup fever that has enveloped the UK in the last couple of days.”

Football fan or football hater, many people are still searching for last minute holidays to popular destinations such as Turkey, Majorca, Spain and the Canaries, with Greece holidays recently also seeing a rise in interest, according to Holiday Holiday. Recent reports have found that the cost of holidays to Euro zone countries such as Spain and Greece are reportedly becoming cheaper compared to last Summer have also encouraged holidaymakers to start searching for last minute holidays again.

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