Release

Travel trends: 2021

Released: 15 June 2022 9:30am
Next release: To be announced

Summary

Annual results from the International Passenger Survey (IPS), which collects information from passengers as they enter or leave the UK by the principal air, sea and tunnel routes.

Publications

  • Travel trends: 2021

    Visits to the UK by overseas residents, visits abroad by UK residents and spending estimates by travellers.

Data

  • Overseas travel and tourism, quarterly

    Seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK and earnings and expenditure associated with these visits.

  • UK residents visits and expenditure abroad, quarterly

    Seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted estimates of completed international visits and spending abroad by UK residents.

  • Travel trends estimates: overseas residents in the UK

    Annual estimates on visits and spending in the UK by overseas residents, by purpose and region of visit. New methods were introduced for producing the 2019 estimates and where back dated to 2009. The datasets presented since then contain estimates produced using the new method. The other datasets presented on this page were produced using the previous method and are now superseded.

  • Travel trends estimates: UK residents‘ visits abroad

    Annual estimates on visits and spending by UK residents abroad, by purpose and region of visit. New methods were introduced for producing the 2019 estimates and where back dated to 2009. The datasets presented since then contain estimates produced using the new method. The other datasets presented on this page were produced using the previous method and are now superseded.

  • Travel trends estimates: overseas residents in the UK and UK residents abroad

    Annual estimates on visits and spending of UK residents abroad and for overseas residents visiting the UK.

Contact details

Name

Angie Osborn

Email

socialsurveys@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 1633 455270

Changes to this release date

  1. Previous date

    9 June 2022 9:30am

    Reason for change

    This publication has been postponed as further quality assurance is needed. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest