Living in Portsmouth, we pop across to France for day trips about 3 times a year. Maybe things like this are counted as 3 foreign holidays in the figures?
When we first went to Calis 9 years ago the exchange rate was £1=TL3,000,000. I hate to use the Efes example, but it was TL3,000,000 everywhere on the front for a large Efes, and this year it was double that with not such a good exchange rate. This change has applied to food, etc also, and these prices have also doubled in this time. Also, we used to get flights to Dalaman for £130-150 return, although that was in the days of XL airways and look what happened to them! Hotel prices have crept up also, and are considerably more for the same product. All in all, I estimate it is costing us double now for a Calis holiday than it cost 9 years ago. I know prices go up, but to double in such a short period of time is off putting.
We are off to Cyprus instead next summer. I'm sure we will be back as we like it in Calis too much, but its just time for a change.