"Figure 2: Patterns in spending over the year closely track patterns in visits to the UK, and visits overseas by UK residents","" "Spending by overseas residents in the UK and spending by UK residents overseas by month from February 2016 to February 2019","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ million" "","" "","Spending by overseas residents (£ Millions earnings)","Spending by UK residents (£ Millions expenditure)" "Feb 2016","1116","2562" "","1325","2647" "","1687","3533" "May","1957","3493" "","2122","3974" "","2667","4568" "Aug","2714","6096" "","2222","5214" "","1892","4134" "Nov","1728","2889" "","1789","2177" "","1559","2696" "Feb 2017","1213","2888" "","1573","3112" "","2110","3575" "May","2137","3298" "","2260","4683" "","2952","4553" "Aug","3014","6258" "","2435","5177" "","1915","3766" "Nov","1787","2627" "","1552","2209" "","1470","2708" "Feb 2018","1213","2626" "","1786","3200" "","1876","3310" "May","2077","3833" "","2072","4463" "","2444","4814" "Aug","2755","6397" "","1971","5224" "","1957","4021" "Nov","1602","2515" "","1674","2324" "","1460","2890" "Feb 2019","1150","2430"