The charts illustrate the how many trips made to other nations by the British, categorized by different purposes from 1989 to 2001.
Overall, an increase was seen in most categories, except for unspecified purposes which declined. Additionally, the total number of trips rose significantly over the period despite a slight fall at the end.
Regarding the total number of trips and holiday journeys, in 1989, the survey recorded 47 million in total, followed by a considerable rise and reaching its peak at 73.5 million by 1998 before decreasing to 61 million in the final year. The figure for holidays started at 30 million, after which it surged to 50 million after 9 years and ended at just under 40 million.
Concerning the remaining purposes, about 8 million trips for business were registered in the first year, with a slight growth to 10 million by 1995, prior to a fall to its initial point in the end. Similarly but to a smaller extent, the number of trips for unnamed purposes plummeted from approximately 4 million in 1989 to around 1 million in 2001. In contrast, family visit trips levelled off at around 5 million in the first three years after soaring to roughly 12 million in 2001, surpassing both business and unidentified purposes trips in the latter part of the period.