| Characteristic | Holiday | Visiting friends or relatives | Business | Study | Miscellaneous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
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August 2025
United Kingdom
2019 to 2024
*The source specifies that the International Passenger Survey (IPS) published by the (ONS) was suspended on March 16, 2020, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Thus, 2020 figures are only for Q1 of that year.
**The source adds the following: "During the first half of 2021 (January to June 2021), the IPS survey was operational at UK airports only. In ordinary times surveying would also be conducted at UK tunnel terminals (Eurostar and Eurotunnel) as well as some UK sea ports (e.g. Dover), but this was not possible during this period". Dover traffic was only included from the third quarter of the year.
2019 figures are based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS).
Figures from 2020 to 2022 were taken from previous reports.
This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the .









