Stay ahead of the curve and future-proof your business with Mintel’s UK Camping and Caravanning Market Report 2024. Our full report is packed with consumer-led market intelligence, the latest camping market research, trends, and consumer behaviours affecting your business. Get a 360° view of the UK caravan market including market size, market share and forecasted growth to help you align your business strategy with the needs of your audience.
Below, we’ve handpicked the key insights analysed in the full report and summarised the core topics.
Topics Analysed in this Report
- Consumers’ experience of camping and caravanning, destinations visited and future intentions.
- The types of camping and caravanning holidays that are showing the strongest growth.
- Important features when choosing a camping and caravan site.
- Consumer barriers to camping and caravanning.
UK Caravan Market Overview
The low costs associated with camping and caravanning holidays will continue to appeal to budget-conscious holidaymakers, while innovations that make the experience more convenient and comfortable will be important to realise the growth potential for the camping and holiday parks market.
- Holiday parks market size: Mintel estimates that the spending on domestic camping and caravanning reached £2.1 billion in 2023.
Holiday Parks Market Trends and Opportunities
Combine nature and wellness
Brits are increasingly health-conscious and looking for ways to improve health and wellbeing. The ability to connect with nature is a key strength of camping and UK caravan market and as such the health benefits this offers can work in its favour.
- Camping market research statistics: 47% of UK adults went on a camping or caravanning holiday in the last three years.
Go beyond the norm
When choosing a UK domestic holiday, more holidaymakers are prioritising less touristic destinations. Wild camping is set to benefit from this, while glamping is expected to remain among the fastest growing categories due to demand for unique experiences.
- UK camping statistics: One in five people priortise less touristic destinations when choosing a UK holiday.
Purchase our UK Camping and Caravanning Market Report to receive a five-year forecast, consumer behaviour analysis, and recommendations for market opportunities. Readers of this report may also be interested in our UK Holiday Centres and Parks Market Report 2024, or our range of Holidays and Travel Market Research.
Brands Featured in the Full Report
Parkdean, Haven, Collective Retreats, Harvest Hosts, Airbnb, Caravan and Motorhome Club, Park Holidays, Darwin Escapes, Away Resorts, Cove UK and many more.
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Expert Insights from a Mintel Analyst
This report, written by Marloes De Vries, a leading research analyst, delivers in-depth commentary and analysis to highlight UK caravan market trends and add expert context to the numbers.
The ability to connect with nature makes the segment well positioned to benefit from travellers’ strong interest in improving their mental and physical wellbeing.
Marloes De Vries
Travel Analyst
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- Key issues covered in this Report
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Executive Summary
- Opportunities for the camping and caravanning market
- Market dynamics and outlook
- Graph 1: the financial confidence index, 2016-24
- What consumers want and why
- Graph 2: experience of camping and caravanning in the past three years, by type of trip, 2024
- Graph 3: camping and caravanning future intentions among UK adults, 2024
- Graph 4: important features when choosing a camping/caravan site, 2024
- Graph 5: consumer preferences for a camping/caravanning holiday – child-friendly vs adult-only, 2024
- Graph 6: behaviours and attitudes towards camping and caravanning, 2024
- Innovation and marketing
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Market Dynamics
- Market size
- Graph 7: volume of domestic camping and caravanning holidays, 2018-23
- Graph 8: value of domestic camping and caravanning holidays, 2018-23
- Market forecast
- Market segmentation
- Graph 9: domestic holidays vs camping and caravanning holidays taken by British residents in 2022, by month
- Graph 10: domestic holidays vs camping and caravanning holidays taken by British residents in 2022, by main type of destination
- Macro-economic factors
- Graph 11: CPI inflation rate, 2021-24
- Graph 12: the financial confidence index, 2016-24
- Graph 13: average unleaded petrol fuel pump prices on a weekly basis, 2019-24
- Social, environmental and legal factors
- Graph 14: population by life stage, mid-2020, mid-2030 and mid-2045
- Holiday bookings and booking intentions
- Graph 15: holiday bookings in the last three months, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024
- Graph 16: plans to book a holiday in the next three months, 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024
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What Consumers Want and Why
- Experience of camping and caravanning
- Graph 17: experience of camping and caravanning in the past three years, 2013-24
- Graph 18: experience of camping and caravanning in the past three years, by type of trip, 2024
- Graph 19: experience of camping and caravanning in the past three years, by type of trip, 2016-24
- Graph 20: age profile of UK adults versus campers and caravanners, by type of holiday, 2024
- Graph 21: household income profile of UK adults versus campers and caravanners, by type of holiday, 2024
- Camping and caravanning – destinations visited
- Graph 22: camping/caravanning holiday destinations visited, 2018-24
- Graph 23: camping/caravanning holiday destinations visited, 2024
- Camping and caravanning – future intentions
- Important features
- Graph 24: important features when choosing a camping/caravan site, 2024
- Graph 25: important features when choosing a camping/caravan site, by experience and future interest in camping and caravanning, 2024
- Guest preferences
- Graph 26: consumer preferences for a camping/caravanning holiday – child-friendly vs adult-only, 2024
- Graph 27: consumer preferences for a camping/caravanning holiday – atmosphere, 2024
- Graph 28: consumer preferences for a camping/caravanning holiday – spending, 2024
- Graph 29: consumer preferences for a camping/caravanning holiday – loyalty, 2024
- Behaviours and attitudes towards camping and caravanning
- Graph 30: behaviours and attitudes towards camping and caravanning, 2024
- Graph 31: interest in staying on a UK campsite/caravan site during the off-peak season (November-April), by experience and future interest in camping and caravanning, 2024
- Barriers to camping and caravanning
- Graph 32: barriers to camping and caravanning, 2024
- Graph 33: barriers to camping and caravanning, by experience, 2024
- Graph 34: barriers to camping and caravanning, by age, 2024
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Innovation And Marketing Trends
- Launch activity and innovation
- Camping and caravanning providers
- Graph 35: leading holiday park operators, by number of holiday parks, 2024
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Appendix
- Supplementary data
- Graph 36: future interest in camping and caravanning holidays among those who have been in the past three years, 2024
- Graph 37: future interest in camping and caravanning holidays among those who have not been in the past three years, 2024
- Market size and forecast data and methodology
- Report scope and definitions
- Methodology
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