THE TWO GRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE TOURISM TRENDS IN THE UK BY FORIEGNERS AND AS WELL AS THE UK RESIDENTS TOURING ABROAD, ALONG WITH THEIR MOST VISITED COUNTRIES.
OVERALL, THE FIRST GRAPH DEPICTS THE GRADUAL INCREASE IN VISITS MADE BY UK LOCAL PEOPLE TO OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL AS FORIEGNERS COMING TO UK ON TOURIST VISA. WHILE THE SECOND PARAGRAPH SHOWS MOST FAMOUS COUNTRIES THAT HOST UK VISITORS.
OVERSEAS RESIDENTS COMING TO UK HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE SINCE 1979 UNTIL IT PLATEAUED IN 1994. UK TOURISM ABROAD HAS SHOWN THE SAME TREND IN THE BEGINNING BUT DURING THE PERIOD OF 1984 TO 1989, THIS TREND SAW A SUDDEN RISE IN UK LOCALS VISITING OTHER COUNTRIES. HOWEVER, AFTER THAT YEAR, THERE HAS BEEN STEADY INCLINE IN THIS PATTERN.
MOREOVER, THE SECOND GRAPGH SHOWS THAT UK RESIDENTS ARE MORE ATTRACTED TO COUNTRIES LIKE FRANCE AND SPAIN FOR SUCH TRIP, WITH UK TOURISTS BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MILLION . WHILE USA AND GREECE HAD ENTERTAINED LESS THAN 5 MILLION UK TOURIST. ON THE OTHER HAND, TURKEY IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS LIST WITH ONLY 1.5 MILLION UK TOURIST HAD VISITED FROM 1979 TO 1999.