August sees rise in Brits going abroad
The number of Brits going abroad rose 8% in August compared to August the year before.
UK citizens made more than 7.7 million visits abroad during the month, with expenditure up by 13% to almost £5 billion.
Figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics showed that in the period from June to August the number of visits abroad by UK residents was up by 4%, with spending up by 6% to £11.8 billion.
Overall visits abroad in the 12 months to August grew by 2%, with spending up by 4%.
Visits to friends or relatives grew by 8%, holiday visits grew 2% but business travel fell by 1%.
Meanwhile, August saw a 16% rise in inbound visitors to the UK to almost 3.5 million.
According to ONS figures, visitors to the UK spent a record amount of £13.7 billion in the first eight months of the year, up by around 11% on last year.
"More people than ever from around the world are choosing to holiday in Britain, with record numbers coming from the high spending markets of Latin America, Middle East and Asia Pacific," said VisitBritain chief executive Sandie Dawe.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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