The pie charts illustrate the change in accommodation preferences of holidaygoers in the years 1988, 1998, and 2008.
Overall, people opted to spend holidays with their families the most over the 30-year period. Additionally, while family staying and camping saw a reduction in preference, people increased their interest in hotels and rented apartments for their holidays.
Looking firstly at staying with family and camping, these types of accommodations witnessed decreased interest from holidaymakers throughout the period. Staying with the family remained the most popular accommodation, albeit with a noticeable decline. The figure started at 52% in 1988 and increased by only 2 percentage points in 1998 before experiencing a considerable drop to 44% in 2008. Meanwhile, camping experienced a continuous decline. 26% of holidaymakers chose this accommodation in 1998, after which the figure halved in the next decade, prior to a minimal decrease of 1 percentage point in the final year.
Conversely, hotels and rented apartments exhibited increases from 1988 to 2008. The proportion of people choosing hotels rose significantly, from 15% in 1988 to 22% in 1998, before remaining stable in 2008. Documenting a more dramatic growth, the figure for rented apartments almost doubled every 10 years. Beginning at 7% in 1988, the figure rocketed to 11% in 1998, before doubling in 2008.
