Bargain Bulgaria has beaten Turkey to top spot in the latest survey of value-for-money holiday hotspots, according to a new study, which blames skyrocketing prices in popular Turkish resorts for contributing to the change.
Research from the latest Post Office Family Holiday Report has highlighted how prices in Marmaris, Turkey, have rocketed as restaurants, cafes and shops raise prices to cushion themselves against the drastic fall of the Turkish lira against sterling. Even though sterling is significantly stronger against the lira, there will still be price rises for Britons. The rise in meal costs in Bulgaria's Sunny Beach was smaller in comparison, so it has edged ahead of Turkey.
Produced for the first time in conjunction with TUI, the Post Office Beach compared costs in 16 European destinations and found prices have surged in most resorts since before the pandemic. Costs converted into sterling show that holidaymakers can expect to pay almost 11 per cent more than three years ago, but Sunny Beach’s smaller eight per cent price rise helped the resort nudge ahead of Marmaris, reports Walesonline.
