This statistic illustrates the year-on-year percentage change in leisure travel from the United Kingdom (UK) to key short and mid haul destinations in summer 2018 (May to October). Compared to the previous summer, departures to the UK's most popular holiday destination, Spain, dipped by 2.9 percent. Turkey on the other hand has experienced a significant growth of over 66 percent; Tourism in the country was negatively affected in 2016 following terror incidents.
Year-on-year percentage change in UK departures from the United Kingdom (UK) to key short and mid haul summer destinations between May and October 2018*
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Forward Keys. (August 7, 2018). Year-on-year percentage change in UK departures from the United Kingdom (UK) to key short and mid haul summer destinations between May and October 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/894125/uk-change-in-travel-to-key-summer-destinations/
Forward Keys. "Year-on-year percentage change in UK departures from the United Kingdom (UK) to key short and mid haul summer destinations between May and October 2018*." Chart. August 7, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894125/uk-change-in-travel-to-key-summer-destinations/
Forward Keys. (2018). Year-on-year percentage change in UK departures from the United Kingdom (UK) to key short and mid haul summer destinations between May and October 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894125/uk-change-in-travel-to-key-summer-destinations/
Forward Keys. "Year-on-year Percentage Change in Uk Departures from The United Kingdom (Uk) to Key Short and mid Haul Summer Destinations between May and October 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/894125/uk-change-in-travel-to-key-summer-destinations/
Forward Keys, Year-on-year percentage change in UK departures from the United Kingdom (UK) to key short and mid haul summer destinations between May and October 2018* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/894125/uk-change-in-travel-to-key-summer-destinations/ (last visited June 20, 2025)
Year-on-year percentage change in UK departures from the United Kingdom (UK) to key short and mid haul summer destinations between May and October 2018* [Graph], Forward Keys, August 7, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/894125/uk-change-in-travel-to-key-summer-destinations/
