Travelboard: UK travel habits in numbers
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Train passengers
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1,65 billion passenger journeys are taken by train every year in the UK.
Bus passengers
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More than 5 billion bus passenger journeys take place every year in the UK.
Ride sharing
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Last year nearly 6 million people used ride shares to get around the UK.
Flight passengers
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Nearly 230 million passenger journeys are made every year by plane in the UK.
Motorists
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There are almost 30 Million of Brits taking trips by car every day, as a driver or passenger.
Travel comparisons
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Around 100,000 people use travel comparison sites daily in the UK.
Selfies
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Over a million selfies are posted on social netwoks per day.
Lost luggages
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Around 4,000 pieces of luggage are lost daily in the UK.
Airbnb searches
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Each month, more than 12 million people are searching for an accomodation on Airbnb in the UK.
Hotel searches
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Almost 20 million people per month are searching for hotels in the UK via Booking.
Travellers who think about comparing before buying their ticket
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Inbound trips
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There were 37.6 million visits by overseas residents to the UK in 2016.
Outbound trips
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There were 70.8 million visits overseas by UK residents in 2016.
Hotels booked
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More than 180 million nights in hotels are being booked every year in the UK.
Campsites booked
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More than 51 million nights in camping grounds are being booked every year in the UK.
Fish and Chips
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Brits eat more than 382 million portions of fish and chips per year.
Pints of beers
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The UK guzzles more than 9 bn pints of beer per year. An impressive 140 pints per person per year!
Business trips
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Nearly 16 million business trips are made every year in the UK.
Leisure trips
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Over 95 million trips for leisure or VFR purposes take place every year in the UK.
Income from overseas visitors
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Tourists from overseas spent £22.5 billion on visits to the UK in 2016.
British Museum
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The British Museum is the most visited attraction in the UK with 6,420,395 visitors in 2016.
Tate Modern
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In 2016, almost 6 million people visited the Tate Modern.
References
- Train passengers: data from the UK government - "Rail trends factsheet", https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/487497/rail-trends-factsheet-2015.pdf
- Bus passengers: data from the UK government, https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-statistics
- Ride Sharing passengers: data from Statista, https://www.statista.com/outlook/368/156/ride-sharing/united-kingdom#market-revenue
- Flight passengers: stats from Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=fr&pcode=ttr00012&plugin=1
- Travel comparison: data from Similarweb looking at the traffic of travel comparison websites in the UK, https://www.similarweb.com
- Selfies: data from TechInfographics, Samsung, Selfiecity Project, https://techinfographics.com/selfie-infographic-selfiegraphic-facts-and-statistics/
- Lost luggages: data from the SITA - "Society International Telecommunication Aeronautics", http://www.sita.aero/resources/type/surveys-reports/baggage-report-2016
- British Museum: stats shared by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/most-popular-attractions-in-britain-in-2016/
- Tate Modern: stats shared by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/most-popular-attractions-in-britain-in-2016/
- Airbnb searches: data from Similarweb, https://www.similarweb.com/website/airbnb.co.uk#overview
- Fish and Chips: Federation of Fish Friers, http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/pages/facts-and-figures-603.htm
- Beer: data from Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/308931/beer-consumption-per-head-litres-united-kingdom-uk/
- Leisure trips: Tourism Alliance - UK tourism statistics 2016, http://www.tourismalliance.com/downloads/TA_390_415.pdf
- Business trips: Tourism Alliance - UK tourism statistics 2016, http://www.tourismalliance.com/downloads/TA_390_415.pdf
- Income from overseas visitors: Office for National Statistics - Travel Trends 2016, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/articles/traveltrends/2016
- Inbound trips: Office for National Statistics - Travel Trends 2016, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/articles/traveltrends/2016
- Outbound trips: Office for National Statistics - Travel Trends 2016, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/articles/traveltrends/2016
- Campsites booked: stats from Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/a/a3/Nights_spent_in_tourist_accommodation_establishments%2C_2015-T1.png
- Hotels booked: stats from Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/a/a3/Nights_spent_in_tourist_accommodation_establishments%2C_2015-T1.png
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