The table illustrates the data of travelers as well as their corresponding average expenditures over the period of 5 years, starting in 2003.
It can be seen that all the figures experienced an upward trend except for the average nights per visits. In addition, the number of visitors was the highest figure by the end of the period, whereas the average nights per visit was the lowest figure.
Turning to the number of visits and their expenditures, the former rose sharply from its starting point of 24.715 million people in 2003 to 32.778 million people in 2007 before declining slightly to 31.88 million people by 2008. Likewise, after undergoing a consistent increase from 11.855 billion pound to 15.960 billion pound over the first three years, the money allocated for travel decreased negligibly to 15.960 billion pound before recovering to the highest point at 16.323 in the year 2008
Concerning the remaining categories, the data for the average spending per visit fluctuated between 475 and 511 throughout the 5-year-period. By contrast, the figure for average nights per tour grew minimally, from 8.2 to 8.4 in the first three years, then flattened out to 7.7 in 2008.