Outbound tourism visits from the UK 2019-2023, by purpose

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 20, 2025

The number of visits abroad from the United Kingdom grew in 2023 over the previous year, reaching close to 110 million trips. That year, the most common purpose for travelling abroad for UK residents was for holiday purposes, with over 55 million trips made for this reason. 

Number of visits abroad from the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2023, by purpose (in millions)

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Release date

October 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2019 to 2023

Supplementary notes

¹ 2020 data for "Holiday of which inclusive tour" was not available.

2021 data for inbound tourist visits exclude the Eurotunnel and the Irish border.

This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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