This statistic presents the number of trips taken by domestic tourists in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by purpose of travel. Around 57.9 million trips were taken for vacation or holiday purposes in 2018. This was the most popular reason for traveling within Britain. Since 2010, over 50 million trips have been taken each year by travelers in Great Britain for domestic holidays.
Number of domestic trips in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by purpose
(in millions)
Trips lasting one night or more. * Interviewing is carried out every week of the year using a face-to-face methodology. Annually, some 100,000 respondents are contacted, and any who have returned from an overnight trip within the past four weeks are asked to describe the details of that trip.
The source adds that the latest 2018 results are provisional and subject to minor changes in subsequent months due to the inclusion of trip-takers returning from late trips.
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VisitBritain. (April 11, 2019). Number of domestic trips in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by purpose (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426441/domestic-visitors-in-the-united-kingdom-by-purpose/
VisitBritain. "Number of domestic trips in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by purpose (in millions)." Chart. April 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 17, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426441/domestic-visitors-in-the-united-kingdom-by-purpose/
VisitBritain. (2019). Number of domestic trips in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by purpose (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426441/domestic-visitors-in-the-united-kingdom-by-purpose/
VisitBritain. "Number of Domestic Trips in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by Purpose (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426441/domestic-visitors-in-the-united-kingdom-by-purpose/
VisitBritain, Number of domestic trips in Great Britain from 2015 to 2018, by purpose (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426441/domestic-visitors-in-the-united-kingdom-by-purpose/ (last visited February 17, 2020)
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