IUOTO- INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS Page 1 UNITED KINGDOM
British Tourist Authority and International
Passenger Survey,
Central Statistics Office, London
Frontier check
"Overseas Visitor " : A person who visits the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for a period of less
than 12 months for holiday, business or other purposes,
including visiting friends and relatives, study, attending
sporting events, health and religious purposes.
Migrants and persons coming to the United Kingdom with
employment as their main purpose (including military merchant
 seamen and airline personnel on duty) are excluded.
Numbers are of visits not visitors.

Number of foreign overseas visitor departures at frontiers and days in United Kingdom
by country of usual residence
Country of usual Overseas visitor Days
residence 1972 1973
Australia/New Zealand 9 000 000 9 900 000 231 000 243 000
Austria 600 000 TOO 000 45 000 52 000
Belgium/Luxembourg 1 800 000 2 500 000 277 000 359 000
Canada 8 800 000 8 200 000 468 000 483 000
France 8 000 000 8 800 000 T17 000 866 000
Germany, F.R. 9 000 000 LO 200 000 773 000 835 000
Ireland 5 900 000 (1) 651 000 614 000
Italy 3 700 000 Loo 000 236 000 302 000
Netherlands 2 700 000 3 200 000 388 000 438 000
Scandinavia 5 200 000 5 100 000 329 000 325 000
South Africa 2 900 000 3 900 000 114 000 147 000
Spain 2 200 000 2 500 000 127 000 154 000
Switzerland 3 500 000 3 500 000 202 000 203 000
U.S.A. 18 800 000 18 200 000 1 695 000 1 576 000
Yugoslavia 300 000 400 000 15 000 19 000
All other countries 21 400 000 30 600 000 899 000 993 000

Totals

104 800 000 112 100 000 T 167 000 7 609 000

Number of foreign overseas visitor departures by mode of transport

1972 1973 1972 1973
Air L 773 000 n.a. Road 118 000 n.a.
Sea 2 253 000 n.a. Rail 23 000 n.a.

Average length of stay of foreign overseas visitors in United Kingdom

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1972 : 14.6 days

1973 : 14.1 days

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(1) Including in "All other countries"

VOL 27 - 1973