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The first table contains information about why British people travelled abroad between 1994 and
1998, and the second shows where they went. It can be seen that people mostly went abroad on
holiday, and that Western Europe was the predominant travel destination for Brits during these
years.
In 1994, a little over 22,000 of the British people surveyed said that they travelled abroad, with
about three quarters of those travelling for a holiday. The following year, the overall number of
travellers dropped, but in each of the subsequent years the number grew so that in 1998 there were
nearly 29,000 people travelling abroad. Once again, the vast majority of these people were going for
their holidays, with slight growth in the number travelling for business, to visit friends or family, and
other reasons.
In each of the years recorded, most people went to Western Europe. Nearly 20,000 people went to
Western Europe in 1994, growing to nearly 25,000 in the final year of graph. No more than 2,500
people ever went to North America or any other area during those five years.
