The tabular data illustrate depicts the number of UK citizens who travelled abroad and their purpose from 1994 to 1998 while the other figure present their destination over the same period.
Overall, both the tables expressed that British people travelled the most in 1998 and the least in 1995 and mostly them travelled for the holidays and frequently visited the Western region.
In terms of purpose, holiday travel accounted for the largest number of visits in every year. It increased from 15,246 thousand in 1994 to 20,700 thousand in 1998, despite falling slightly to 14,898 thousand in 1995. Business trips also rose steadily, from 3,155 thousand to 3,957 thousand. Similarly, visits to friends and relatives increased from 2,689 thousand to 3,181 thousand. By contrast, travel for other reasons remained relatively stable, at around 900-1,050 thousand visits, in 1997 around 1054 thousand tourists visited.
Regarding destinations, Western Europe was the most popular region. The number of visits there rose from 19,371 thousand in 1994 to 24,519 thousand in 1998. Visits to North America and other areas were considerably lower, although both generally increased over the period. The number of tourists who visited Northen America was almost double from begin with 919 to 1823. Other areas showed gradually rose in number with 1782 thousand in 1994 to 2486 thousand in 1998. Total number of overseas travellers reached its highest point in 1998, at 28,828 thousand visits.