More than half of the holiday trips of four nights and more in European Union member states were domestic, says a report of Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

The highest proportions of domestic holidays were recorded in Greece (90%), Spain (88%), France (83 %), and Poland (82 %). The highest percentage of outbound trips, on the other hand, was registered in Luxemburg (99%), Belgium (79%), Slovenia and Ireland (73%), and Denmark (69%).

Eurostat says that in the EU in 2004, 28% of holiday trips were made in other member states, and the other 15% in countries outside the EU. In Luxembourg (81%), Belgium (79%), Ireland (57%), and Denmark (50%), half or more of holidays were taken in other member states. On the other hand in Slovenia (63%), Latvia (30%), Lithuania (35%), Australia (26%), more than a quarter of the holidays were taken outside the EU.

The official document reports that �'the most popular mode of transportation was private cars (58% of trips), followed by air (25 %), rail and coach (8% each).''

During the summer season 2005 there was an increase in the nights spent in hotels and similar establishments especially in Lithuania (19.8%), Latvia (18%), Luxemburg (12 %), Poland (9.6%), the statisticians announced.

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