Yorkshire coast town Whitby famous for links with Captain Cook and Bram Stoker’s Dracula named among areas with the most holiday lets per person according to finance experts

There’s no doubt that the majority of Yorkshire tourism comes from the jewel coastline as millions of people flock to coastal towns and villages for holidays.

While this is generally considered good, according to Daily Mail’s finance website This Is Money, Britain’s coastline is seeing a sharp increase of holiday lets on the website Airbnb. This in turn is forcing young families to move away from the coast and schools and shops are being forced to close which is risking the survival of these places.

An investigation conducted by Mail on Sunday has found 24 seaside communities that are currently Airbnb hotspots in Britain including Whitby.

Many areas have decided to resist this rapid development.

Whitby residents voted in the polls in 2022 to restrict the sales of second homes, according to the money website, collating to more than 90 per cent of residents voting to bring in limitations.

Regardless of these new rules, Whitby has a population of 13,129 and yet there are still 744 Airbnbs in the town.

24 areas in Britain with the most holiday lets per person

Here is the full list compiled by Daily Mail’s This Is Money website.

Abersoch (Gyda Llanengan Ward)

Alnmouth

Appledore

Bamburgh

Bembridge

Bosham

Cromer

Dartmouth (and East Dart)

Deal (North and Middle)

Exmouth

Fowey (Tywardreath and Par)

Harlyn

Ilfracombe (West and East)

Mawgan Porth (and Trevarrian)

Mudeford (Stanpit and West Highliffe Ward)

Mumbles

Newport (and Dinas)

Orford (and Rendlesham)

Pett (and Fairlight)

Solva

Wells-next-the-Sea

Whitby (West and Streonshalh)

Whitley Bay

Whitstable