From a wealth of picture-postcard Caribbean beaches to the magnificent table-top mountains that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, Venezuelans have no shortage of domestic holiday destinations to choose from.

But surging oil wealth and the restrictions of a dollar-pegged, overvalued currency are driving unprecedented numbers of Venezuelans to travel overseas on holiday, with the number of international flights jumping 45 per cent last month over the previous year.