Spain tops list of Brits' favourite retirement hotspots

SPAIN has been overwhelmingly selected as the destination of choice for Britons moving abroad after retirement.

In a Retirement Advantage survey, 19.4% of respondents chose Spain as their top destination.

It European rivals France and Italy garnered 6.1% and 5.6% respectively.

Although pensioners in the UK would jump at the chance to relocate, the poll revealed a drop in confidence post-Brexit.

Some 62% of respondents said the result has made them less likely to move abroad.

A smaller 38% said it has made them more likely to move.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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