Mid Haul Holidays – Property Hotspots Of The Future

The strength of the euro against the pound making Mediterranean resorts comparatively more expensive than previously coupled with holidaymakers desire to quench their thirst for the unfamiliar but without racking up serious air mileage guilt is creating a whole new holiday class – enter stage left, the mid haul holiday, overseas property hotspots of the future.

Stats from Thomson and First Choice’s findings in their new Trends Report 2008-09 show that more than one-fifth of holidays taken this year were outside Europe indicate that the old favourites, Spain and Portugal just aren’t far or exotic enough any more.

Immersing yourself in Islamic culture, sampling spicy cuisine or even trekking across the desert doesn’t require crossing the world in order to do so. Exotic experiences are to be had very close by and an hour or two longer than it takes you to reach the land of tapas or Europe’s golfing Mecca. This would explain the increasing demand for mid haul destinations such as Morocco and Egypt, currently the “fourth luxury destination in the world” according to Kuoni’s Anne-Marie Hansen.

“The endless pursuit of the exotic aren’t the only push factors. The current pound to euro situation is encouraging holidaymakers to question their traditional Mediterranean choices and try something else, ” comments Chintan Mahida of Nubricks.com, a leading overseas property brand, “if they like it, they will return again especially since low cost airlines such as Easy Jet are cottoning on to the changing trends and adding new routes to destinations to places like Morocco and Turkey more easily accessible. It’s only a question of time before they become fully fledged resort destinations in their own right on the back of which tends to follow a demand for property.”

Increased accessibility will certainly result in an influx of tourists in these parts of the world. As always, as they become regular visitors, hotel accommodation will lose its appeal and they will look for alternative rental accommodation. Anyone considering buying property abroad would be wise to investigate these emerging property hotspots.

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