When Brits jet off to either of these gorgeous destinations for a holiday, the thought of having to leave is usually an upsetting one but that doesn't seem to be quite the case for the locals.

       Eurofound discovered some shocking results from an e-survery judging the quality of life in EU countries, which included reviewing the optimisim levels of respondents in each country.

       Italy and Greece respondents' optimism levels were both at 20% - the lowest out of all countries in the European Union.

       The EU Agency which provides knowledge to help the development of better social, employment and work-related policies, analysed the levels across gender and income groups, also discovering that the drop in women's optimisim was greater than the men's drop.

       The report also made note of some factors that could contibute to the lack of hopefulness.

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       It states: "Several characteristics influence optimism. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess the likelihood of invidiuals being optimistic about their own future among different social groups.

       "It was found that being aged 16 - 29 increases the likelihood of optimisim by an average of 18 percentage points compared to the reference age group (40 - 54), considering similar characteristics, such as disability status, employment status, gender, education level, income, and whether or not the respondent lives with a partner. This probability increases across all other age catergories as well."

       As well as reviewing how much hope there is across people in Europe, the agency also investigated the respondents life satisfaction and found that those between the ages of 50 and 64 are the unhappiest in comparison to those aged 65 and over.

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       Italy and Greece aren't the only surprising countries that sit towards the end of the list. France, which is supposed to be home to the city of love only upped the countries by 8%.

       Although, the report did not breakdown on the specifics for each country, it wasn't all doom and gloom and did highlight factors that could positively influence both optimisim and life statisfaction, such as having completed tertiary education and living with a partner.

       According to the fact sheet, Ireland's respondents had the highest optimisim levels at 49%.