The bar chart compares popularity of the top 8 tourist attractions among newlywed British couples in 2010, namely Spain, Paris, Thailand, the Lake District, the Maldives, the Greek Islands, Bali and Costa Rica.
Overall, Thailand and Bali were far more popular than the others in 2010. To be more specific, the total number of couples visited Thailand and Bali (2745 couples) alone outnumbered that of the other six (2255 couples).
In 2010, Thailand was the most popular honeymoon destination, visited by 1410 couples. This was closely followed by Bali with 1335 couples, only 75 fewer than that of Thailand. Next on the list, Costa Rica and the Maldives attracted respectively 750 and 600 couples, which was about half as many as that of Bali and Thailand.
Moving down the list, the popularity in 2010 of the last 4 places were no where near that of the top 4. Ranked in fifth place, the Greek Islands was visited by 432 couples. With only half as many couples as the Greek Islands, Paris stayed at the sixth place with 209 couples. Last but not least, Spain and the Lake District attracted 140 and 124 respectively, which was about a tenth of that of Thailand at first place.
