The provided data demonstrates figures for visits made to the UK by residents of seven European countries, categorized by Air and Tunnel travel in the years 2015 and 2021.
Overall, Air travel was considerably more preferred than tunnel travel for visitors from most of the listed countries like Germany, France, and Italy consistently recorded the highest numbers of air travel.
Firstly, Germany had the highest number of air arrivals in 2015 and this increased to 2129 in 2021. Meanwhile, Italy saw a significant number of air travellers, rising from 1445 to 1562. Similarly, French visitors arriving by air increased from 1339 to 1441. Most other countries also expericned a growth in air visits such as Belgian air arrivals rose from 167 to 183 and Bulgarian figures increased from 57 to 71. Conversely, Portugal experienced a slight drop in air visits, from 260 to 251.
Secondly, turning to the tunnel method, France recorded by far the highest number of visits, with figures surging from 1514 in 2015 to 2761 in 2021. In the second place, Belgium also made considerable use of the tunnel, which number of visitors increased from 569 in 2015 to 746 in 2021.Other countries utilized the tunnel to a much lesser extent. For instance, German tunnel visits rose from 141 to 228, and Bulgarian and Portuguese visits also saw small increases, to 12 and 7 respectively by 2021. In contrast, Italy and Sweden recorded decreases in their already low tunnel usage, with figures falling to 23 for Italy and just 3 for Sweden in 2021#