Young unable to find holiday jobs

Shianne (right) hasn't been able to find any work in Bournemouth this summer

More than five million people have been ditching trips abroad this summer and going on holiday in the UK instead.

But new figures show many seaside towns have got some of the highest unemployment figures in the country.

Bournemouth beach is rammed with people visiting the town's big annual air show, but amongst the grandads wearing cardigans and toddlers dripping with sunshine are huge groups of teenagers who have been hanging out here all summer.

They've been unable to find holiday work, despite weeks of handing out CVs, knocking on shop doors and visiting the job centre.

Seventeen-year-old Shianne says she's given up for this year: "I've looked in hairdressers and shops but everywhere is full. I thought I would find something somewhere but I just haven't got anywhere."

She's got one year left at school before she's hoping to get a full-time job.

'Scary'

But with unemployment figures expected to keep rising for at least the next year, she's not hopeful.

"It's quite scary because you don't know what you want to do and what you're going to end up doing," she said.

"Because there aren't many jobs around at the moment it's pretty hard."

Andrew (left) has only found part-time work this summer in Bournemouth

Her friends Kevin and Chelsea have had slightly more luck.

Kevin's working in a supermarket, while Chelsea spent all summer searching for work and has just landed three weeks temping in a kitchen.

Unemployment in Bournemouth has gone up up by 130% in the past year. The national average is a rise of around 80%.

Places like Weston-super-Mare, Newquay and the Isle of Wight have also seen unemployment shoot up, despite high profile campaigns to attract tourists.

"There's big variety between seaside towns," says Nicola Smith, who compiled the new figures for the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

"In some areas you are more likely to have people in lower skilled and seasonal jobs and that means that as the downturn has hit, people may be more likely to lose their jobs."

Gazing at the fairground rides are Andrew and Justina. Andrew moved here for a construction job a year ago but got told he wasn't needed. Since then he's survived on part-time bar work.

Justina hasn't worked for more than 12 months after losing her job at a fast-food restaurant.

"We moved here from the Midlands for a better life but we need money for that," she told Newsbeat.

Andrew agrees: "I am surprised unemployment levels are high round here, considering it's a holiday place and everybody's down for the holidays enjoying themselves.

"There is work down here, there just doesn't seem to be enough."