"Figure 4: UK residents holiday visits abroad decreased by 76% in 2020 when compared with the same period a year earlier","" "UK residents' visits abroad by purpose, 2000 to 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","thousands" "","" "","Holiday (thousands)","Business (thousands)","Visit Friends or Relatives (thousands)","Miscellaneous (thousands)" "2000","36685","8872","7178","4102" "2001","38670","8220","7727","3664" "2002","39902","8073","7870","3532" "2003","41197","7892","8527","3807" "2004","42912","8140","9799","3343" "2005","44175","8556","10648","3063" "2006","45287","9102","11963","3184" "2007","45437","9018","12214","2781" "2008","45531","8920","12392","2168" "2009","41218","7699","12817","1778" "2010","41415","8244","13056","1933" "2011","42723","8632","14255","1883" "2012","41735","8704","14494","1925" "2013","43104","8639","15325","1891" "2014","45044","8719","16582","1858" "2015","48547","9041","18008","2022" "2016","50848","8762","19733","2415" "2017","54433","8802","21846","2161" "2018","57346","9299","22142","1784" "2019","58668","8979","23523","1916" "2020","14183","2335","6859","449"