This statistic shows the number of international visits to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by airport of arrival/departure. The three most used airports by international visitors were London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London Stansted. Heathrow Airport is the UK's busiest airport and was used on 9.85 million inbound visits in 2017. Wales airport received just 99 thousand visits in 2017, whereas Scotland received more than 1.5 million visits.
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Number of overseas resident visits to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by airport of arrival/departure (in 1000s)
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This statistic shows the number of international visits to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by airport of arrival/departure. The three most used airports by international visitors were London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London Stansted. Heathrow Airport is the UK's busiest airport and was used on 9.85 million inbound visits in 2017. Wales airport received just 99 thousand visits in 2017, whereas Scotland received more than 1.5 million visits.
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This statistic shows the number of international visits to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by airport of arrival/departure. The three most used airports by international visitors were London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London Stansted. Heathrow Airport is the UK's busiest airport and was used on 9.85 million inbound visits in 2017. Wales airport received just 99 thousand visits in 2017, whereas Scotland received more than 1.5 million visits.
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- July 2018
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- United Kingdom
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- These figures represent the annual estimates of overseas residents' visits to the United Kingdom, based on interviews with passengers upon entering or leaving the UK by the main air routes.
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- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- 2017
- Supplementary notes
- These figures represent the annual estimates of overseas residents' visits to the United Kingdom, based on interviews with passengers upon entering or leaving the UK by the main air routes.
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