VISITS ABROAD BY UK RESIDENTS BY PURPOSE OF VISIT 1994-1998

THE TABLE BELOW ILLUSTRATES THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY SAMPLED OF 1 LAKH IF THEY TRAVELLED ABROAD AND WHY THEY DID FOR THE YEARS 1994-98. THE BAR CHART DESCRIBES THE PLACES THEY VISITED OVER THE SAME YEARS. OVERALL, THE RESIDENTS TRAVELLED BY THE REASONS BUSINESS, VISITS TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES HAS A STEADY INCREASE, AND PEOPLE VISITING WESTERN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED IN NUMBERS. THE TRAVELLERS TRAVELLING FOR HOLIDAY REDUCED BY ABOUT 800 FROM 1994-1995 AND HAS A LOT OF RISE FROM 1995-1998 BY ABOUT 6000. THE VOYAGERS WHOSE PURPOSE OF VISIT IS BUSINESS HAS A STEADY INCREASE IN THE YEARS 1994-1998, AND VISIT TO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES HAS VERY MINOR INCREASES AND DECREASES THROUGHOUT THE TABLE. OTHER REASONS RECORDED ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS TO ABROAD IN THE YEAR 1997. BY THE YEAR 1998 WE HAVE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRAVELLERS, WHICH IS 28, 828. THE VOYAGERS TO WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHER AREAS HAS MINOR FLUCTUATIONS, AND THEY RECORDED THEIR HIGHEST NUMBERS IN THE 1998. THE NORTH AMERICA HAS MAINTAINED A STEADY MIGRANTS FROM UK FROM THE YEARS 1994-1998.