Baring all at the beach

AFTER Germans, Spaniards are the most likely to go naked on a beach holiday.

While 15 per cent of German’s will take it all off, eight per cent of Spaniards will, according to Expedia’s summer travel survey.

The question of nude sunbathing was posed to 8,600 people in 21 countries as part of the 2012 Flip Flop study which revealed only 2 per cent of Brits are willing to bare all at the beach.

The French were far more modest with five per cent saying they took it all off on the beach, given the tradition of topless sunbathing on the Riviera.

Japanese were the most modest with just one per cent willing to bare all on the beach.

They were followed closely by the Brits, North Americans, Argentineans and New Zealanders, with two per cent of those surveyed in these countries willing to go naked.

It seems that beachgoers have never gotten over ‘Jaws’.

While less than 100 shark bite incidents are reported worldwide each year, half of travellers consider the presence of sharks when deciding where to holiday and 68 per cent admitted to having been afraid to swim because of sharks.

Percentage of those surveyed who go naked on the beach

15% Germany
8% Spain and India
5% France
5% Italy
6% Sweden, Denmark, Mexico and the Netherlands
5% Australia, Singapore, Canada and Brazil
4% Ireland and South Korea

3% Norway
2% UK, USA, Argentina, New Zealand
1% Japan

By Nicole Hallett