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
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