Monthly overseas trips to visit friends or relatives in the UK 2018-2023
Approximately 991 thousand overseas residents' visits were made to the United Kingdom for the purpose of visiting friends or relatives in September 2023. The highest number of similar trips over the period from January 2018 to September 2023 was made in August 2023, at approximately 1.3 million. By contrast, the lowest figure was recorded in April 2020 at just 29 thousand visits, soon after the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.