The charts below give information about travel to and from the UK, and about the most popular countries for UK residents to visit.

The charts below give information about travel to and from the UK, and

about the most popular countries for UK residents to visit.
The line graph illustrates the number of
UK
residents
going abroad from the
UK
and overseas
residents
visiting the
UK
between 1979 and 1999,
while
the bar chart gives information about how many
UK
residents
travelled to five of the most popular countries in 1999.
Overall
, there was an increase in the number of visits to and from the
UK
and there were more visits abroad by
UK
residents
than visits to the
UK
by overseas
residents
over the period given.
Furthermore
, the most popular country to visit by
UK
residents
was France in 1999. The number of
UK
residents
visiting overseas began at just under 15
million
in 1979 and rose significantly to reach over 50
million
in 1999. Meanwhile, around 10
million
overseas
residents
visited the
UK
in the first year before climbing steadily to just under 30
million
by the final year. In 1999, France was visited by over 10
million
UK
residents
, followed by Spain at approximately 9
million
. The USA and Greece had about 4
million
and 3
million
visitors respectively. The least popular country visited was Turkey, which had only about 2
million
UK
residents
going there.

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