Timeshare Resorts Guide

An introduction to the timeshare resorts Worldwide across Europe, Asia, U.S.A and Canada, Australia and Africa. Some interesting facts and figures about the world of luxury holiday ownership.


Europe
           There are 1452 timeshare resorts in 25 countries in Europe. Europe is the most visited tourist destination in the world, with four European countries ranked among the world's top six destinations.
           1.4 million families own timeshare in Europe: 32 are in the UK, 19 are in Germany & Austria. Italy, France, Spain and Scandinavia sharing the bulk of the rest.
The top five timeshare resort locations in Europe are Spain, Italy, Portugal, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, UK and France together host 75.3  of all timeshare resorts in Europe.
           Spain itself possesses 35.3  of all European timeshare resorts, with over one third of them situated in the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuertaventura).

USA & Canada
There are 1590 timeshare resorts in the United States of America and Canada.
North America hosts 31 of timeshare resorts worldwide.
The top three timeshare resort locations in North America are Florida with 366, California with 125, South Carolina with 119.
Nearly 3 million households own about 4.9 million weeks of timeshare located in U.S. resorts.

Caribbean
There are 214 Caribbean timeshare resorts serving over 278,000 households, who own about 445,000 weeks of timeshare.

Australia and New Zealand
The fastest growing sector of Australia’s tourism industry is the timeshare sector.
In New Zealand there are 26 Resorts and approximately 25,000 timeshare owners.

Asia
Asia hosts approximately 484 timeshare resorts.
Japan has the largest number of timeshare resorts with 320, Malaysia has 41 and Indonesia plays host to 25.

In total Asia resorts incorporate 34,000 timeshare units.
Timeshare in Japan is very different to the way timeshare is used throughout Europe.
95 of Japanese resorts offer 26 nights accommodation, as opposed to Europe generally offering 7 night stays.
The price of timeshare in Asia remains low in comparison to the West.

Africa
South Africa has the 5th largest timeshare industry worldwide.
There are 186 resorts in South Africa affiliated to R.C.I., employing over 10,000 people.
18 of South Africa’s timeshare resorts are classed as Gold Crown, an amazing feat compared to the average of 5 worldwide. Approx 260,000 South Africans own a timeshare.
Timeshare in South Africa is so popular as many of the weeks are exchanged, a timeshare purchased in rand (the local currency) can be exchanged for a visit to Europe and America at a fraction of the cost than if a currency exchange had to be undertaken.
For those visiting South Africa they can enjoy Gold Crown resorts in one of the cheapest countries in the world.