Table 1: UK Residents Total Visits Abroad by Country

SCP Evidence Base: International Impacts of UK and EU consumption (Biodiversity) Shortlisting Workshop – Handout 2: UK Business and Holiday Travel Abroad

Annex 1: Rankings of destination countries for tourism and business travel

All UK Travel Abroad

Table 1: UK Residents Total Visits Abroad by Destination Country (All Countries) – Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
1 / Spain (Inc Andorra) / 13833071 / 1.8
2 / France (Inc Monaco) / 11602378 / 1.8
3 / USA & Puerto Rico / 4167479 / 2.9
4 / Eire / 3382239 / 3.9
5 / Italy (Inc San Marino) / 2973844 / 4.1
6 / Greece / 2709492 / 4.3
7 / Germany / 2336368 / 4.6
8 / Netherlands / 2165086 / 4.8
9 / Portugal (Inc Madeira. Azores) / 1803572 / 5.4
10 / Belgium / 1799081 / 5.2

Table 2: UK Residents Total Visits Abroad by Destination Country (Non OECD Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, in the top 60 rankings). Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
16 / India / 656718 / 7.9
18 / Australia / 558077 / 8.5
19 / Malta / 500352 / 10.8
20 / South Africa / 439282 / 11
22 / United Arab Emirates / 396546 / 9.6
24 / Thailand / 362883 / 10
25 / Pakistan / 358098 / 9.9
27 / Egypt / 345135 / 14.3
29 / Mexico / 297941 / 13.2
30 / Bulgaria / 296832 / 12.3
32 / Tunisia / 281442 / 17.5
34 / China / 211978 / 14.4
35 / New Zealand / 184750 / 13.6
38 / Sri Lanka / 171170 / 16
39 / Jamaica / 159147 / 15.6
40 / Morocco / 154754 / 23.6
41 / Barbados / 147351 / 20.3
42 / Cuba / 141677 / 19.4
43 / Croatia / 136240 / 19.7
44 / Maldives / 131495 / 24.6
45 / Dominica Republic / 126248 / 19.7
46 / Russia / 122704 / 18.8
47 / Mauritius / 116673 / 17.8
48 / Malaysia / 113281 / 15.8
50 / Israel / 111538 / 18.8
51 / Kenya / 100697 / 23.9
52 / Nigeria / 97493 / 20.4
54 / Antigua / 88377 / 25.2
55 / St Lucia / 82779 / 27.4
56 / Trinidad &Tobago / 80794 / 27.4
57 / Brazil / 71156 / 22.4
58 / Bangladesh / 70176 / 20.1
60 / Ghana / 66680 / 27.4

Table 3: UK Residents Total Number of Days Abroad measured in ‘Visitor Nights’, by Destination Country– Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Visitor Nights / 95% CI
1 / Spain (Inc Andorra) / 139436773 / 2.9
2 / France (Inc Monaco) / 65234187 / 3.7
3 / USA & Puerto Rico / 58278813 / 4.4
4 / Greece / 30140711 / 5.6
5 / Australia / 22565488 / 12.4
6 / Italy (Inc San Marino) / 21640775 / 6
7 / India / 20360080 / 12.5
8 / Portugal (Inc Madeira. Azores) / 17690325 / 7.7
9 / Eire / 17067443 / 6.9
10 / Cyprus / 16903712 / 9.1

Table 4: UK Residents Total Number of Days Abroad measured in ‘Visitor Nights’, by Destination Country (Non OECD Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, in the top 60 rankings). Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Visitor Nights / 95% CI
5 / Australia / 22565488 / 12.4
7 / India / 20360080 / 12.5
11 / Pakistan / 14821917 / 13.4
15 / South Africa / 9931870 / 16.3
16 / Thailand / 8934163 / 15.1
17 / New Zealand / 8694008 / 21.7
20 / China / 5681671 / 22.6
22 / Malta / 5454038 / 13.6
26 / Mexico / 4543759 / 17
27 / United Arab Emirates / 4414137 / 12
28 / Egypt / 3922506 / 16.2
29 / Bangladesh / 3883460 / 27.3
30 / Bulgaria / 3607263 / 13.6
31 / Sri Lanka / 3306875 / 21.3
33 / Jamaica / 3099602 / 18.9
34 / Tunisia / 2925401 / 19.4
36 / Malaysia / 2779949 / 36
38 / Ghana / 2373104 / 36
39 / Nigeria / 2354328 / 24.2
40 / Kenya / 2336052 / 40.1
44 / Barbados / 2216893 / 23.3
45 / Mauritius / 2114652 / 20.7
46 / Cuba / 2024057 / 19.7
47 / Morocco / 1868213 / 30
48 / Brazil / 1772438 / 32.6
49 / Philippines / 1754421 / 24.3
50 / Maldives / 1750316 / 26
51 / Dominica Republic / 1749474 / 20
52 / Israel / 1541984 / 39.6
53 / Croatia / 1478533 / 22.9
54 / Russia / 1459983 / 29.8
56 / Trinidad &Tobago / 1273901 / 30.6
57 / Singapore / 1192349 / 32.7
58 / St Lucia / 1176782 / 28.4
59 / Argentina / 1152239 / 53.3
60 / Tanzania (Inc Rwanda) / 1151964 / 34.6

Business Travel

Table 5: UK Residents Total Business Visits Abroad by Destination Country – Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
1 / France (Inc Monaco) / 1372228 / 6
2 / Germany / 990210 / 6.8
3 / USA & Puerto Rico / 734306 / 7
4 / Eire / 692304 / 9.8
5 / Netherlands / 656498 / 8.6
6 / Belgium / 503313 / 10.1
7 / Spain (Inc Andorra) / 403622 / 11.9
8 / Italy (Inc San Marino) / 384660 / 10.9
9 / Switzerland / 274393 / 12.4
10 / Sweden / 151380 / 15.9

Table 6: UK Residents Total Business Visits Abroad by Destination Country (Non OECD Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, in the top 60 rankings). Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
14 / India / 79921 / 23.4
19 / United Arab Emirates / 64725 / 22.7
23 / China / 49454 / 28.2
24 / South Africa / 48541 / 31
27 / Russia / 43896 / 29.9
30 / Australia / 30995 / 44.3
31 / Egypt / 26068 / 40.5
32 / Singapore / 26014 / 41.9
34 / Brazil / 21307 / 46
35 / Romania / 20931 / 44.6
37 / Thailand / 19314 / 42.3
38 / Mexico / 18713 / 54.1
39 / Morocco / 14766 / 55
40 / Israel / 14487 / 47.7
41 / Malta / 13970 / 60.8
42 / Nigeria / 13914 / 50.9
43 / Taiwan / 12923 / 53.2
44 / Malaysia / 12428 / 45.2
45 / Bulgaria / 12334 / 55.3
46 / Algeria / 11930 / 72.8
47 / Croatia / 11688 / 63.4
48 / Slovakia / 11019 / 57.3
50 / Azerbaijan / 10475 / 56.4
51 / Pakistan / 10186 / 54.5
52 / Qatar / 10035 / 53.6
54 / Libya / 7614 / 87.4
55 / Slovenia / 7598 / 69.2
56 / New Zealand / 7500 / 69.2
57 / Sri Lanka / 7400 / 78
58 / Ghana / 7104 / 76.9
59 / Jordan / 6996 / 62.9
60 / Zambia / 6588 / 91.9

Table 7: UK Residents Business Travel: Total Number of Days Abroad measured in ‘Visitor Nights’, by Destination Country – Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Visitor Nights / 95% CI
1 / USA & Puerto Rico / 7079527 / 13.3
2 / France (Inc Monaco) / 3958692 / 14.6
3 / Germany / 2964666 / 16.6
4 / Netherlands / 1883207 / 17.8
5 / Spain (Inc Andorra) / 1865368 / 23.7
6 / Italy (Inc San Marino) / 1816141 / 22.7
7 / Eire / 1692735 / 17.7
8 / India / 1310636 / 41.8
9 / Belgium / 1161089 / 28.3
10 / Greece / 916374 / 74.1

Table 8: UK Residents Business Travel: Total Number of Days Abroad measured in ‘Visitor Nights’, by Destination Country (Non OECD Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, in the top 60 rankings). Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Visitor Nights / 95% CI
8 / India / 1310636 / 41.8
11 / Australia / 815815 / 56.4
12 / China / 774891 / 49.7
14 / Thailand / 682910 / 80.7
15 / United Arab Emirates / 598049 / 34.5
16 / South Africa / 570885 / 43.3
20 / Russia / 493442 / 47.8
26 / Nigeria / 368624 / 76
27 / Egypt / 367118 / 56.1
30 / Singapore / 317070 / 82.7
32 / Morocco / 301272 / 102.6
33 / Sri Lanka / 269842 / 159
34 / Azerbaijan / 264167 / 83.8
36 / Brazil / 250842 / 60.9
37 / Malaysia / 248295 / 79.2
38 / Malta / 232216 / 140.2
39 / Georgia / 219360 / 183.2
40 / Taiwan / 215874 / 82.8
44 / Tanzania (Inc Rwanda) / 190924 / 99.3
45 / Indonesia / 181927 / 102.6
46 / Mexico / 155886 / 57.5
47 / Algeria / 149117 / 87.6
48 / Non-British Pacific Islands / 141430 / 196
49 / Barbados / 139593 / 147.7
50 / New Zealand / 138404 / 73.3
51 / Libya / 137815 / 104.1
52 / Romania / 132592 / 65.2
53 / Vietnam / 127623 / 143.1
54 / Bangladesh / 124236 / 131.1

Independent Travel

Table 9: UK Residents Total Independent Holiday Visits Abroad by Destination Country – Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
1 / Spain (Inc Andorra) / 5899544 / 3
2 / France (Inc Monaco) / 5081487 / 3
3 / USA & Puerto Rico / 1707525 / 4.8
4 / Italy (Inc San Marino) / 1342845 / 6.3
5 / Eire / 1096100 / 7.1
6 / Netherlands / 894854 / 7.8
7 / Portugal (Inc Madeira. Azores) / 764934 / 8.3
8 / Belgium / 513533 / 9.6
9 / Germany / 483039 / 10
10 / Greece / 396284 / 11.8

Table 10: UK Residents Total Independent Holiday Visits Abroad by Destination Country (Non OECD Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, in the top 60 rankings). Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
16 / India / 213902 / 13.9
17 / South Africa / 210155 / 16
18 / Australia / 207442 / 13.8
19 / Thailand / 174792 / 14.1
21 / United Arab Emirates / 132142 / 16.3
22 / Malta / 125343 / 22.2
28 / New Zealand / 65864 / 23.7
30 / Pakistan / 61965 / 23.2
31 / Barbados / 59058 / 32.6
32 / Egypt / 57324 / 31.9
33 / Morocco / 55891 / 36.1
35 / China / 51741 / 29.4
36 / Sri Lanka / 50056 / 29.1
37 / Mauritius / 41967 / 31
38 / Croatia / 40091 / 38.9
39 / Jamaica / 37468 / 31.5
40 / Malaysia / 33449 / 31.6
41 / Kenya / 30321 / 42.6
42 / Slovenia / 30215 / 38.9
43 / Antigua / 29769 / 40.9
44 / Israel / 28628 / 38.6
45 / Brazil / 27573 / 35.4
46 / Trinidad &Tobago / 27461 / 44.3
48 / Mexico / 26969 / 41.4
51 / Bulgaria / 21729 / 45.1
52 / Russia / 20690 / 47.3
53 / Tunisia / 19928 / 57.2
54 / Bangladesh / 19663 / 40.3
55 / Nigeria / 17895 / 44.4
56 / Singapore / 17386 / 43.8
57 / Estonia / 17172 / 55.7
58 / Romania / 16306 / 52.1
59 / Maldives / 16024 / 50.3
60 / St Lucia / 15834 / 61.7

Table 11: UK Residents Independent Holiday Travel: Total Number of Days Abroad measured in ‘Visitor Nights’, by Destination Country – Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Visitor Nights / 95% CI
1 / Spain (Inc Andorra) / 62381122 / 4.8
2 / France (Inc Monaco) / 34645101 / 5.3
3 / USA & Puerto Rico / 25599535 / 6.9
4 / Italy (Inc San Marino) / 9741103 / 8.4
5 / Australia / 9628899 / 20
6 / Portugal (Inc Madeira. Azores) / 7819416 / 12.3
7 / India / 6305296 / 17.9
8 / Eire / 6111304 / 12.4
9 / Cyprus / 5153218 / 17.6
10 / Thailand / 5113830 / 21.3

Table 12: UK Residents Independent Holiday Travel: Total Number of Days Abroad measured in ‘Visitor Nights’, by Destination Country (Non OECD Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, in the top 60 rankings). Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Visitor Nights / 95% CI
5 / Australia / 9628899 / 20
7 / India / 6305296 / 17.9
10 / Thailand / 5113830 / 21.3
11 / South Africa / 4862934 / 24.9
13 / New Zealand / 4472509 / 36.1
19 / Pakistan / 2085202 / 29.4
20 / United Arab Emirates / 1641247 / 20.9
22 / China / 1603252 / 50.5
23 / Malta / 1449862 / 29
26 / Bangladesh / 1299152 / 55.7
27 / Malaysia / 985847 / 91.2
28 / Sri Lanka / 982331 / 33.7
29 / Jamaica / 867047 / 38.1
30 / Barbados / 819834 / 37.4
32 / Egypt / 755733 / 36.3
33 / Brazil / 725940 / 41.8
34 / Mauritius / 699009 / 33.5
35 / Argentina / 634423 / 79.4
38 / Morocco / 618637 / 42.5
41 / Kenya / 519837 / 52
42 / Mexico / 511332 / 66.8
43 / Croatia / 506340 / 40.6
44 / Philippines / 503384 / 49.8
45 / Nigeria / 454284 / 49.9
47 / Trinidad &Tobago / 429269 / 45.1
49 / Antigua / 410839 / 48.5
50 / Iran / 408847 / 171.5
51 / Israel / 394275 / 48.9
52 / Ghana / 370965 / 85.6
53 / Tanzania (Inc Rwanda) / 321546 / 56.3
54 / Nepal / 304753 / 84.4
55 / Tunisia / 299274 / 73.1
56 / Maldives / 273166 / 71
57 / Singapore / 267981 / 50.4
58 / Peru / 245840 / 71.7
59 / St Lucia / 245592 / 64.2
60 / Indonesia / 244755 / 49.3

Inclusive Holidays

Table 13: UK Residents Total Inclusive Tour Holiday Visits Abroad by Destination Country – Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
1 / Spain (Inc Andorra) / 6302374 / 2.8
2 / France (Inc Monaco) / 2347320 / 4.6
3 / Greece / 2064462 / 5
4 / USA & Puerto Rico / 914433 / 6.5
5 / Italy (Inc San Marino) / 791378 / 7.9
6 / Cyprus / 780362 / 8.5
7 / Turkey / 759654 / 9.1
8 / Portugal (Inc Madeira. Azores) / 736550 / 8.8
9 / Austria / 392826 / 13.8
10 / Malta / 317524 / 13.3

Table 14: UK Residents Total Inclusive Tour Holiday Visits Abroad by Destination Country (Non OECD Countries, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico, in the top 60 rankings). Source IPS 2004

Rank / Country / Number of visits / 95% CI
10 / Malta / 317524 / 13.3
13 / Tunisia / 250944 / 18.9
14 / Egypt / 235563 / 18.4
15 / Bulgaria / 227317 / 14.4
16 / Mexico / 224830 / 15.1
21 / Cuba / 123163 / 21.1
22 / Dominica Republic / 122087 / 20
23 / United Arab Emirates / 114325 / 19
24 / Maldives / 113308 / 27.5
25 / Thailand / 103377 / 19.5
27 / Croatia / 66676 / 27.5
28 / Barbados / 66179 / 30.5
29 / Jamaica / 65930 / 25.4
30 / Morocco / 64312 / 42.7
31 / Sri Lanka / 62890 / 26.4
32 / St Lucia / 53709 / 34.5
33 / Mauritius / 49740 / 27
34 / South Africa / 47657 / 38.4
35 / India / 45648 / 34.7
36 / Antigua / 44596 / 35.5
37 / Kenya / 36647 / 43.2
38 / Trinidad &Tobago / 33307 / 44.9
40 / Malaysia / 30061 / 27.6
42 / Hungary / 29544 / 36
43 / Russia / 29316 / 40.8
44 / China / 27416 / 35.8
45 / Australia / 24257 / 37.4
47 / Peru / 18626 / 57.8
48 / New Zealand / 18033 / 42.1
50 / Venezuela / 16003 / 50.6
51 / Slovenia / 12836 / 60.5
52 / Tanzania (Inc Rwanda) / 12196 / 57.3
54 / Bahamas / 10677 / 53.5
55 / Estonia / 10142 / 75.7
56 / Brazil / 7869 / 65.1
57 / Ukraine / 7145 / 82.3
60 / Jordan / 5322 / 64.9

Table 15: UK Residents Inclusive Tour Holiday Visits: Total Number of Days Abroad measured in ‘Visitor Nights’, by Destination Country – Top ten rankings. Source IPS 2004