This statistic shows the amount United Kingdom (UK) residents collectively on trips abroad in 2018, by purpose of travel. Holiday spending was highest that year, at over 32 billion British pounds - approximately seven times as much as that spent on business travel by UK visitors in the same year. Spending on visiting friends and relatives was also higher than business travel spending.
Spending on travel abroad from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by purpose of trip
(in billion GBP)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 24, 2019). Spending on travel abroad from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by purpose of trip (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/289749/total-global-travel-spending-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-purpose-of-trip/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Spending on travel abroad from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by purpose of trip (in billion GBP)." Chart. May 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289749/total-global-travel-spending-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-purpose-of-trip/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2019). Spending on travel abroad from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by purpose of trip (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/289749/total-global-travel-spending-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-purpose-of-trip/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Spending on Travel Abroad from The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2018, by Purpose of Trip (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289749/total-global-travel-spending-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-purpose-of-trip/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Spending on travel abroad from the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by purpose of trip (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/289749/total-global-travel-spending-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-purpose-of-trip/ (last visited June 06, 2020)
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