Residents of the United Kingdom (UK) made more than six million trips abroad to visit family and friends for between 14 and 27 nights in 2019. Similar trips lasting 28 or more nights amounted more than 2.3 million that year. The most common length of stay for such trips was between 4 and 13 nights, with 11.1 million trips.
Number of trips to visit friends or relatives abroad by United Kingdom (UK) residents in 2019, by length of stay (in 1,000s)
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (May 22, 2020). Number of trips to visit friends or relatives abroad by United Kingdom (UK) residents in 2019, by length of stay (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/580601/visiting-friends-or-relatives-abroad-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-length-of-stay/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of trips to visit friends or relatives abroad by United Kingdom (UK) residents in 2019, by length of stay (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/580601/visiting-friends-or-relatives-abroad-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-length-of-stay/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2020). Number of trips to visit friends or relatives abroad by United Kingdom (UK) residents in 2019, by length of stay (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/580601/visiting-friends-or-relatives-abroad-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-length-of-stay/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Number of Trips to Visit Friends or Relatives Abroad by United Kingdom (Uk) Residents in 2019, by Length of Stay (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/580601/visiting-friends-or-relatives-abroad-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-length-of-stay/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Number of trips to visit friends or relatives abroad by United Kingdom (UK) residents in 2019, by length of stay (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/580601/visiting-friends-or-relatives-abroad-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-length-of-stay/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Number of trips to visit friends or relatives abroad by United Kingdom (UK) residents in 2019, by length of stay (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), May 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/580601/visiting-friends-or-relatives-abroad-by-united-kingdom-uk-residents-by-length-of-stay/