Skopje, 5 February 2024 (MIA) – More than half of Macedonians can’t afford an annual vacation away from home, according to the Landgeist web portal based on latest Eurostat data.

The majority of households in North Macedonia (55.0%), Albania (58.3%), Turkey (60.8%), Romania (62.5%), Montenegro (67.2%) and Kosovo (69.5%) can’t afford an annual one week vacation away from home.

In Greece, 48.8% of households can’t afford an annual vacation away from home, while in Bulgaria – 43.8%, in Serbia – 43.6%, in Croatia – 41.7% and in Slovenia – 16.7%.

Those numbers are a big contrasts with countries like Luxembourg (7.6%), Norway (7.9%), Switzerland (8.4%) and Iceland (8.6%), where less than 10% of households can’t afford an annual one-week vacation away from home.

In addition, 21.9% of households in Germany, 23.4% in the UK, 25.4% in France and 36.6% in Spain can’t afford an annual vacation away from home.