Crete and Corfu are best budget destinations for British tourists

TripAdvisor ranked the most popular destinations according to booking interest on the site and looked at the cost of holidaying there

Spain is the most popular destination for British tourists this summer according to a new report released by TripAdvisor.

Coming top of the list was the Spanish island of Majorca, followed by Tenerife and Ibiza.

Greece and Portugal were also featured, while New York was the only destination outside of Europe to make it to the top 10, as Daily Mail reports.

TripAdvisor ranked the most popular destinations according to booking interest on the site and looked at the cost of holidaying there from June 1 to August 31.

The average cost of the meals were fairly similar but the prices for hotels were very different.

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New York, where the average price per night at a hotel is £219, is £157 more expensive than Corfu and Gran Canaria, which both have average room rates of £62 per night.

Six of the most popular destinations were in Spain with the average cost of a one-week break costing anywhere between £747 in Gran Canaria to £1,575 in Ibiza.

A week in New York costs on average about £400 more than Ibiza, the most expensive European destination on the list.

An average week in the US city costs £1,937 , while the islands of Crete and Corfu are the cheapest among the top 10 destinations during the peak season. The cheapest rates for these are just £654 and £665 per week respectively for the least expensive week.