The first graphic gives information about the number of travelers going into and out of the United Kingdom between 1979 and 1999, while the second chart presents information about the top 5 destination countries for UK citizens at the end of 90’s. Generally speaking, both groups have increased steadily over years even though the number of UK-based travelers surpassed the non-UK ones and surprisingly France was the British’s favorite place to go .
In 1979, both arrival and departure in England started roughly at the same number. The tourists there didn’t grow much until the mid 80’s, then it started to rise slowly to 20 million in 1989. At the same time, the number of people who left the region doubled to 30 million.
Ten years later, England had only 5 million additional numbers, left behind by the outbound travels which increased five times the initial number. More than ten million of them chose to visit France, followed by Spain with nine million. The furthest destination was USA which led to rank 3 with approximately 4 million, whereas Greece and Turkey remained to be the least.