Travel trends: 2018

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Annual estimates of travel and tourism visits to the UK (of less than 12 months’ duration) and associated earnings and expenditure between the UK and the rest of the world.

There were fewer overseas residents’ visits to the UK in 2018 than in 2017 and also a fall in the number of visits abroad by UK residents.
A total of 37.9 million visits were made by overseas residents to the UK in 2018, which was 3% fewer than in 2017.
There were 71.7 million visits overseas by UK residents in 2018, a decrease of 1% when compared with 2017.
UK residents spent £45.4 billion on visits overseas in 2018, which was 1% more than in 2017.
Overseas residents spent £22.9 billion on visits to the UK in 2018, a decrease of 7% compared with 2017.
The most frequent reason for visits was for holidays, both for UK residents visiting abroad and overseas residents visiting the UK.

There were 71.7 million visits overseas by UK residents in 2018, a...