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Bookings for Great British seaside holidays are on the rise while foreign holidays are down 5% compared to last year. Resorts including Skegness, Blackpool and Margate are all reporting increasing numbers with people deciding to stay home for some sun, sea and fish and chips.

Matthew Rock, co-writer of 鈥楩rom Ebb to Flow鈥� - a book about the Great British seaside revival said: 鈥淭here are 11 and a half thousand precious miles here, and there is an innocence about it that takes you back to your childhood. There is something magical and precious about these places.鈥�

鈥淕o for a week to sleep overseas, but then go to the UK coastline and come alive. Everywhere you look there is something to do, and each resort offers something different.鈥�

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on Thursday 19 May 2016.