The Ile de Ré, a favorite dreamed destination of the French for the holidays this summer, according to a survey

“In the spirit of the French, the ideal summer destination rhymes with coast,” underlines the study of Elabe carried out for the network here and “La Tribune on Sunday”.

The island of Ré, off the Charente-Maritime, is the favorite dream destination of the French for the holidays this summer, reveals an Elabe survey, Sunday July 6, For here (ex-France Bleu) AND La Tribune on Sunday. “In the minds of the French, the ideal summer destination rhymes with coast, underlines the Elabe survey, Almost all of the ideal summer destinations are located by the sea (84 in the Top 100, 9 in the Top 10). ” The islands also have the preference of the French, since “The classification is dominated by the island of Ré (1st), the island of Oléron (2nd), and Corsica, with Ajaccio (3rd), Bonifacio (4th), Calvi (15th), Propriano (18th), without counting Noirmoutier (9th).”

Regarding age, it is Annecy who “is particularly popular with 18-34 year olds”. The retirees, themselves, choose mainly Noirmoutier. The survey also shows that the French like to go to their region, and demonstrate “A growing interest in local tourism”. Many of the Bretons thus place Quiberon and Saint-Malo in their top 5, those of the Pays de la Loire place the Sables-d’Olonne or the inhabitants of New Aquitaine which compare the Ile de Ré, the Ile d’Oléron and Arcachon in particular. On the other hand, the choice of summer summer destinations is not very politically marked. “Lis island destinations dominate the classification of all political colors “Note the survey.

Here are the top 10 dream destinations of the French for the summer holidays, according to Elabe ::

1. Ile de Ré (score: 1,166)
2. Island of Oléron (score: 958)
3. Ajaccio (score: 911)
4. Bonifacio (score: 863)
5. Saint-Mallo (score: 747)
6. La Rochelle (score: 696)
7. Annecy (score: 656)
8. Biarritz (score: 599)
9. Noirmoutier-en-l’île (score: 550)
10. Saint-Jean-de-Luz (score: 492)

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Methodology:

Survey carried out on a sample of 2 002 people, representative of residents of mainland France aged 18 and over. The study brought together 1 475 Communes, classified tourism stations according to articles L133-13 to L133-16 of the Tourism Code, to keep only 300. The people surveyed could offer the municipality they wanted, even if it was not in the list. A final classification of 100 municipalities was then established. Then, in this final ranking, the respondents had to choose 20 ideal destinations without established order, before finally classifying their 5 ideal destinations in order of preference.