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Leading holiday travel destinations visited by UK travelers 2019-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 17, 2022
The number of holiday visits abroad from the United Kingdom fell dramatically in 2021 compared to 2019 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In 2021, Spain was the leading holiday travel destination for residents of the UK, with around 3.3 million visits. In 2019, however, the Mediterranean country reported roughly 15.8 million UK visits for vacation purposes. Overall, holiday visits abroad from the UK totaled 8.9 million in 2021, decreasing by nearly 85 percent over 2019.

Leading holiday travel destinations visited by residents of the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019 and 2021 (in 1,000 visits)

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Release date

August 2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2019 and 2021

Supplementary notes

Data for 2021 excludes the Eurotunnel. Dover traffic was only included from the third quarter of the year.

2020 data was not available. The source adds the following information: "No data were collected for Q2 to Q4 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic". Data can be found under Tab 5.03 of the source's Excel file.

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