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Travel, Tourism & Movement

International Travel

Track visits to and from the UK, spending by international travellers, journey purpose and leading visitor markets.

United Kingdom | 2024

Overseas visits to the UK

A visit is a completed trip, not a count of unique visitors. The headline includes Northern Ireland data supplied by NISRA.

Annual dataset
Visits by overseas residents42.6m
Published by Office for National Statistics. View official source

United Kingdom | 2024

Spending by overseas visitors

Estimated spending during visits to the UK by people who live overseas.

Annual dataset
Visitor spending£32.5bn
Published by Office for National Statistics. View official source

United Kingdom | 2024

UK residents travelling abroad

Headline UK totals include Northern Ireland data supplied by NISRA. More detailed breakdowns generally cover Great Britain.

Annual dataset
Visits abroad94.6m
Spending abroad£78.6bn
Published by Office for National Statistics. View official source

United Kingdom | 2023

Purpose of overseas visit

Holiday was the largest purpose category. Purpose estimates are kept on the last fully comparable annual series while ONS develops its revised survey methods.

Annual dataset
Holiday visits to the UK15.9m
Published by Office for National Statistics. View official source

Great Britain | 2024

Country of residence of visitors

The leading origin markets for estimated visits to Great Britain. Country-level figures do not represent the whole UK.

Annual dataset
United States5.6m
France3.6m
Germany3.3m
Published by Office for National Statistics. View official source