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...AND HERE’S WHERE YOUR £££ GO FURTHEST

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BULGARIA: Resorts around the Black Sea coast offer real value against sterling — and the exchange rate this week is barely different to this time last year.

‘This results in peace of mind as well as superb value,’ says Emma Coulthurst, from holiday price comparison site travel

supermarke­t.com. ‘Expect a three-course meal to set you back around £10, and a beer £1 to £1.30.’ SOUTH AFRICA: Political instabilit­y means that South Africa continues to offer outstandin­g value for British visitors, with the local currency (the South African rand) currently running at around 18.60 to the pound.

‘That exchange rate should more than make up for local inflation, which hovers around 5 per cent,’ says Emma. ‘In Cape Town, you’ll pay around £2 for a beer and £27 for a meal for two.’

TURKEY: Five years ago, £1 bought around 3.50 Turkish lira (TL). By 2017, £1 was worth around TL 4.8. And this week, £1 gets you around TL 7.9. ‘Alanya and Antalya and resorts around them, such as Side and Icmeler, are the most-searched for beach destinatio­ns for a package holiday via Travel Supermarke­t in the past six weeks,’ says Emma.

‘We’ve seen a 273 per cent increase in interest compared with this time last year, as Britons look to holiday there.’

TUNISIA: After a few years in the tourism wilderness, following the 2015 beach attacks in Sousse, confidence in the tiny North African nation is on its way to making a full recovery. And prices are falling. Expect to pay little more than £10 for dinner for two. A beer is around £1.

SINGAPORE: A stay in this tiny city state may still be more expensive than Thailand or Indonesia, but the gap is closing.

‘The Chinatown district of Singapore is especially interestin­g,’ says Emma. ‘The cost of eating and drinking there is down by as much as 21.5 per cent compared with last year.’

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