the table below shows uk residents visits abroad by country of visit from 2004 to 2008

The given table illustrates the number of citizens going overseas in the UK by country of visit from 2004 to 2008, measured in thousands. Overall, in a nearly half decade period, there was a dramatic upward trend in the popularity of Egypt, India, and Poland, except to Spain and USA. The majority of UK residents enjoy visiting Spain and USA Although Poland used to the least popular country, the UK visitors in 2004 was almost five times as much as those in 2008. There was a significant increase from 304, 000 in 2004 to 1, 578, 000 in 2008. Meanwhile, during the same period, Egypt and India went up by 300, 000 to reach 664 and 956 in respectively. Contrary to the general trend, the tourist numbers of Spain and USA experienced a slight fall in the five-year period. Despite being the most popular destination, Spain had an increase between 2005 and 2006, from 13, 837 to 14, 428 while in the next year, the numbers suffered a drop and stood at 13, 819 in 2008. The USA, the next most popular site, followed similarly by having a decrease from 4, 167 in 2004 to 4, 003 in 2008.