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"  Photo: Getty Images Since it&amp;#039;s the height of summer and we are wishing we were at the beach right now, instead of being stuck in a cubicle, we are busy Googling last-minute sandy getaways instead. Maybe if we stopped spending so much on those beauty products &amp;quot;you need to have now,&amp;quot; or worked a few extra weekends, we could squeeze in one more beach vacation? We aren&amp;#039;t alone in those beach-loving sentiments. In a new study released this week, the Expedia Flip-Flop Report, 26 percent of the respondents said they would give up a month&amp;#039;s worth of beauty expenditures and 29 percent said they would work a month of extra weekends for an extra beach vacation this year. That&amp;#039;s not all we learned from the report, which surveyed the beachgoing habits of over 11,000 people in more than 20 countries. Maybe it&amp;#039;s because of its current trendiness, or its classic beauty, but the one-piece is more popularly worn across the globe than the bikinis these days. If you want to wear your Birthday Suit, that&amp;#039;s totally cool too. Of course, be aware of your surroundings. Germans and Austrians tied for the most likely to sunbathe completely naked (28 percent), but in Japan and South Korea it might be better to stick with your classic one or two-piece suit (less than 3 percent in each country, respectively, said they were likely to lay out in the buff). Even though the clothes are coming off, it&amp;#039;s not all sex and partying. The top rated beach activity was napping/sleeping, followed closely by shelling out the dough and feasting. Partying ranked last in terms of the preferred beach state of being. Maybe Ibiza wasn&amp;#039;t surveyed? In terms of things people get excited for when taking a beach vacation, surprisingly only 18 percent said &amp;#039;tanning,&amp;#039; which was higher than &amp;#039;drinking alcohol.&amp;#039; Instead, beachgoers were more excited to spend time with friends and family, eat at local restaurants and relax by the pool. And, for those of you afraid of shark attacks, it&amp;#039;s a fairly common concern, with over 44 percent of us having anxiety around shark attacks. It&amp;#039;s pretty unlikely that many people will experience any sort of real life Jaws moment, however. In 2013, there were just 72 &amp;quot;unprovoked&amp;quot; shark bite incidents last year, according the University of Florida&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;International Shark Attack File Report.&amp;quot; So, go ahead and save up that dough and hit the beach. Just don&amp;#039;t forget that sunscreen.  Photo: Getty Images Related: 24 Swimsuits To Buy Right Now Related: The Best Natural Beauty Secrets From Around the World Related: 5 Steps to the Sexiest Legs Possible "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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