Dubai has been named as the best city break destination, with Thailand topping the best long-haul beach holiday destination in a new survey.
The poll by Southall Travel saw Dubai come top with some 25% of the vote.
The survey of 1,400 British flyers named Dubai (above), which is expected to welcome one million British visitors during 2016, their favourite long-haul city destination beating New York to the top spot.
New York, which attracted an incredible 56m people from around the globe last year, was named the second favourite long haul city break destination among British travellers with 12 per cent of the vote.
Travellers named the Thai capital of Bangkok as their third favourite long haul city break destination with 8%, while Sydney came in fourth with 6%.
Singapore completed the top-five favourite city break destinations for British travellers, coming in fifth place with 5 per cent of the vote.
In the favourite long haul beach category, Thailand and its beautiful islands was named the British favourite with 16% of the vote, followed in second place by the Indian Ocean destination of the Maldives with 15%.
Mauritius, a long-time favourite among newlyweds, was named the third most popular long haul beach destination with 14%, followed by Australia (9%) and Bali (6%).
Kuljinder Bahia, Managing Director of Away Holidays said: “Dubai has become an incredibly popular destination for British holidaymakers over the past few years and the numbers of visitors is growing each year.
“Dubai is a wonderful destination with some of the world’s most luxurious hotels and offers fantastic shopping opportunities. Once only a destination for backpackers, Thailand is now a popular beach destination for all kinds of travellers and I believe will become even more popular over the coming years.”
