Slovaks make more expensive holidays

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Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) – Holidays are certainly not one of the things that Slovaks would borrow. To this end, a loan of 12% of the respondents surveyed for Kruk, which is focused on the claims management of financial institutions and corporate clients, took out a loan. If Slovaks borrow for holidays, they are less than 400.

According to data published by travel agencies, Slovaks prefer to spend more time on holidays and more expensive holidays with air transport, multi-national hotels stars and all inclusive meals. In 2017, a record number of Slovaks – around 634,000 – traveled through travel agencies for holidays abroad. Nearly 90% of Slovaks are funding their summer holidays with savings, the loan will take just about every ten to this end

"With the performance of the economy and a high level of employment, interest in more expensive holidays " mentions Jana Žaludová de Kruk

They borrow together for men and women on holiday, most often between 36 and 36 years old. and 44 or between 27 and 35 years old. In these age groups, 18% of respondents sometimes took a loan of 400 euros. From a geographical point of view, the inhabitants of the Prešov region are most likely to borrow on vacation, where they took almost every tenth (11%) of this type of loan. The holiday rentals among locals in the Nitra region are an exception: more than 97% of respondents never borrowed during their holidays

"The results of our survey show a very pragmatic approach to the costs of the Slovaks. (19459031)