A brand new study has revealed the top places to stay where we spend the most and the least in the country, and unfortunately, for several parts of Lancashire, that’s bad news for both leisure and retail visits.
Since everything is still in arms with traffic light systems, there has been a significant increase in the number of British people exchanging airline tickets for gasoline money.
Gambling.com’s study found that Lancashire people spend LESS money when it comes to retail and recreation BUT they spend more money visiting holiday parks in the county.
Retail and leisure have seen massive increases in activity in certain regions of the UK, especially in places that can give us a much-needed stopover.
In Lancashire, this increase has been seen in people booking parks as part of their stays, rather than spending money on recreational activities – so ultimately the UK trends in stays are changing.
Using community mobility reports, the study can examine where in the UK people spend the most money in the retail and leisure industries and pinpoint the places where they make the most money.
The top 10 places where the most and least money is spent in Lancashire are as follows.
The list reads from left to right – location; compared to baseline (retail); Parks:
- Wyre District: -5 percent; 88 percent
- District of Fylde: -8 percent; 66 percent
- Ribble Valley: -8 percent; 128 percent
- West Lancashire: -8 percent; 96 percent
- Pendle District: -9 percent; 34 percent
- South Ribble: -10 percent; 43 percent
- Preston: -11 percent; 26 percent
- Chorley: -12 percent; 62 percent
- Hyndburn: -12 percent; 24 percent
- Burnley: -16 percent; 4 percent
The Wyre District ranks “top” for leisure and retail spending, down 5 percent. Wyre, however, saw a huge 88 percent increase in holiday park spending; So it is evident that people are buying more for their vacation in “packages” rather than taking basic groceries and then spending them outside of their homes.
In second place is Flyde, again with a -8 percent drop in leisure spending, but a 66 percent increase in park spending, and then the Ribble Valley is also -8. just under this percent increase, but 128 percent more spending on holiday parks.
Neither city in Lancashire had both negative numbers, and all holiday park spending outweighed recreational and retail spending.
As a staycationer, we shop more at holiday parks in the Ribble Valley
Though mobility trends in Ribble Valley have shown a -8 percent decline in retail and recreational activities, they are actually the top spots in vacation park spending, with a 128 percent increase last month making this the most popular place to stay for British people Vacationers to spend their money.
Mobility trends also showed Wyre District had seen a huge 88 percent increase in vacation parks and Flyde a 66 percent increase.
People chose to stay Burnley out, with recreational and retail spending down -16 percent – and at holiday parks just 4 percent.
Hyndburn ranked ninth, but its park spending increased 24 percent.
While some free activities do not have a direct impact on the average vacationer’s bank balance, wherever there are people there is a need for food and drink.
These open spaces serve as a secondary source of supplying cafes and restaurants with their customers and will inevitably encourage us to inject the cash – so Lancashire must start bringing people back to spend more on recreational and retail activities.
