| The traditional English summer sight of
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| | and increasing affluence allowing
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| fields full of tents and happy campers
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| | holidaymakers better choice. However, one
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| enjoying their holidays is under threat,
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| | of the most interesting, they say, is the
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| according to Mintel. The leading UK
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| | camping industry's inability to harness
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| research company has recently conducted
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| | modern technology to market their
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| extensive research highlighting that
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| | product. Richard Cope, senior travel
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| sleeping under canvass is in terminal
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| | analyst for the research company suggests
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| decline, however industry insiders
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| | that travellers these days are more
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| disagree.
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| | likely to book on impulse and hints that
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| The results show that one in five people
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| | if the camping industry could offer
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| have turned their back on camping over
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| | last-minute vacancy alerts coupled with
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| the last five years, and they predict
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| | favourable weather forecasts they would
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| that trend will accelerate over the next
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| | tempt more people into booking. As Cope
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| five years with almost one in four
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| | points out: "Gone are the days when
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| deciding to ditch tents in favour of
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| | people return year after year to the same
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| other holiday options; in absolute terms
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| | holiday destination and that includes
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| that means a total of 14 million UK
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| | camping sites. Britons are increasingly
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| campers who pitched up in 2002 will
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| | looking elsewhere for their holidays and
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| reduce to just 9.5 million per year by
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| | last minute on-line deals mean that they
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| the end of summer 2012.
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| | can choose self-catering static home
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| Mintel highlight a variety of factors for
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| | holidays or holiday cottages rather than
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| the decline in popularity of camping,
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| | opt for staying in a field.
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| such as a series of wet British summers
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