"Figure 6: Visits abroad to visit friends or relatives continued to increase","" "Short-Term emigration for 1 to 12 months by main reason for visit, England and Wales, year ending June 2004 to year ending June 2017","" "","" "Notes","1. Figures for 2017 are provisional." "Unit","Thousands" "","" "","Employment","Study","Business","Holiday","Visiting friends or relatives","Other" "2004","64","28","168","932","912","125" "2005","46","35","187","983","1014","135" "2006","79","28","156","994","1128","134" "2007","67","38","169","1009","1158","147" "2008","52","36","163","1121","1292","116" "2009","53","30","157","1073","1128","113" "2010","57","30","147","1031","1252","105" "2011","54","26","140","1005","1224","91" "2012","55","23","172","832","1191","90" "2013","54","27","176","841","1218","104" "2014","58","41","133","860","1281","74" "2015","68","29","157","912","1455","90" "2016","59","40","152","953","1487","96" "2017p","61","23","157","1121","1652","93"