The line graph depicts the number of visits to and from the UK between 1979 and 1999, and the bar chart depicts five the most visited countries by the UK people in 1999.
Overall, it is obvious that not only visits abroad increased, but also visits rate to the UK went up over the period. Furthermore, France was the most popular among the UK residents while Turkey was the least in 1999.
Travel rate to other countries by the UK people started about 13 millions in 1979, and it was 3 millions lower than the number of tourists’ travels to the country. Then visits to overseas rose around 19 millions and accounted to 32 millions in 1989, it continued to rise dramatically, and amounted for over 50 millions in 1999. However, even though the number of travels by tourists from all over world underwent a slight increase, it stayed below 30 millions in 1999.
In terms of country which had been visited mostly by the locals of the UK was France with about 11 millions of visitors in 1999. The second popular country was Spain by around 9 million, and followed by the USA and Greece by 4 and 5 millions, respectively. The least visited country was Turkey by approximately 2.5 millions.