British residents are again taking their holidays abroad, with analysts expecting record numbers.
Nearly 6 million people from the UK went abroad in April. This was the highest number ever for the month of April and up 8% on the same month a year before, said the Office for National Statistics.
Just before the financial crisis stranglehold, residents of the UK took 69 million visits abroad. But with lower wages and financial uncertainty, the number plummeted to 56 million in 2012.
In April this year, Brits on holiday and on business spent a combined £3.5 billion in just that month, a leap of 21% over April 2015.
Other months have also seen big rises year-on-year.
The figures point to a decline in the “staycation” and a decline in revenue for some holiday concerns in Britain.
Benefitting were the US and Canada with a 12% increase in visitors as well as Europe which had a 9% rise in visitor numbers.
The number of Brits making for foreign spots has meant more money in being spent abroad than is being spent by foreign tourists in the UK. The difference last year was nearly £17 billion and it likely to be even greater this year.
