The line graph shows information regarding United Kingdom resident expenditure on visits overseas for several purposes in two decades between 1993 and 2013. The y-axes indicate the expenditure in pounds with intervals of three billions. The x-axes show the years of the periods.
Overall, it is evident that expenditures on holiday experiences dominated over the period, whereas expenditures on miscellaneous items were the lowest.
In the first decade, for the period 1993–2003, the majority of UK residents spent 9 billion pounds on holidays abroad. This number is almost the same as the total expenditure of the other three activities in a foreign country, which are business trips, visiting friends, and miscellaneous expenses. Only about 2.7 billions spent on business trips, around 2.2 billions on visits relatives and about 1.2 billions for miscellaneous
In the second decade, from 2003-2013, the highest expenditures for UK residents have constantly increased over the period. The spending for holidays reached its peak in 2008 with about 25 billion pounds. Business trips, visiting friends, and miscellaneous expenses fluctuate year by year but never outweigh the holiday expenditure. At the end of the period, miscellaneous was still the lowest expenditure
At the end, these figures illustrate the economic trends among UK residents, which has had an impact on overseas expenditures trends over the years