Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26

Scottish Transport Statistics: No 26 - 2007 Edition

Table 12.28 Scottish residents' visits abroad, by means of leaving the UK¹, purpose of visit, and area visited

by means of leaving the UK
		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
		thousands
All visits abroad by Scots		2,469	2,781	2,776	3,058	3,506	3,714	3,804	3,817	4,218	4,288	4,792
Air	Total	2,123	2,350	2,381	2,666	3,110	3,327	3,459	3,569	4,009	4,131	4,562
Edinburgh		191	179	213	349	448	573	454	446	783	767	852
Glasgow		1,061	1,236	1,196	1,380	1,673	1,692	1,954	2,027	2,021	1,721	1,868
Prestwick		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	566	673
Total these airports		1,252	1,415	1,409	1,729	2,121	2,265	2,408	2,473	2,804	3,054	3,393
Heathrow		417	388	453	314	341	373	352	364	435	383	400
Gatwick		116	159	172	188	191	187	167	183	225	186	192
Stanstead		19	12	22	38	51	69	114	121	115	102	109
Manchester		150	182	152	185	148	149	182	164	156	164	159
Other UK Airports		169	194	173	212	258	284	236	264	274	242	309
Channel Tunnel		64	60	104	90	60	44	41	54	36	52	55
Sea	Total	282	371	291	302	336	343	304	194	173	105	175
English Channel Ports		212	276	221	194	224	243	213	124	109	57	119
English East Coast Ports		66	90	68	94	89	87	85	61	54	47	45
Other UK Ports		4	5	2	14	23	13	6	9	10	1	11
by purpose of visit
Package holiday		1,160	1,351	1,224	1,560	1,785	1,847	1,978	1,903	1,969	1,580	1,681
Other holiday		661	737	739	817	897	1,007	1,042	1,084	1,212	1,505	1,694
Business		284	328	390	326	374	338	329	305	329	394	383
Visit friends / relatives		302	269	312	282	358	455	391	389	598	692	859
Misc. and other		61	94	111	73	90	68	64	136	110	118	174
by area visited
EU		1,875	2,099	2,073	2,322	2,759	2,985	3,092	3,008	3,204	3,276	3,709
Other Europe		12	28	24	21	15	12	14	29	32	41	61
North America		353	376	383	449	465	455	388	456	497	484	503
Australia & New Zealand		25	25	42	31	32	39	34	32	54	77	60
Asia		71	86	94	74	94	72	80	81	154	128	158
Rest of the World		132	165	160	161	139	153	198	212	277	282	301
*by means of leaving the UK and main* purposes of visits**
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Package holiday		750	849	764	1,054	1,261	1,280	1,459	1,492	1,504	1,218	1,277
Other holiday		278	335	307	363	437	547	543	588	727	1,029	1,164
Business		68	85	156	160	173	126	141	126	162	235	199
Visit friends / relatives		141	124	160	141	227	300	248	222	364	513	634
Other UK airport
Package holiday		296	330	326	358	359	364	362	298	394	310	297
Other holiday		254	262	306	300	323	362	392	412	409	413	466
Business		166	181	167	121	146	173	139	152	141	149	163
Visit friends / relatives		130	130	131	117	118	135	133	153	213	160	198
Sea or Channel Tunnel
Package holiday		115	172	135	148	165	204	157	113	71	52	107
Other holiday		129	139	126	153	137	98	107	84	76	63	64
Business		50	62	66	46	54	39	50	27	26	10	21
Visit friends / relatives		30	15	21	23	14	20	10	14	22	19	27
*by main* purposes of visit and area visited**
Package holiday
EU		1,004	1,148	1,021	1,357	1,631	1,661	1,781	1,644	1,653	1,305	1,401
Elsewhere		156	203	203	203	154	187	197	259	315	275	272
Other holiday
EU		450	534	528	555	630	755	816	841	936	1,186	1,370
Elsewhere		211	203	211	262	267	252	226	244	276	319	324
Business
EU		208	240	294	236	259	249	243	204	235	285	263
Elsewhere		77	89	96	91	115	89	86	101	94	108	120
Visit friends / relatives
EU		165	107	150	128	175	262	201	219	288	407	529
Elsewhere		137	162	161	154	184	194	190	170	310	284	331

1. These estimates are based on information from samples of passengers using the principal routes: the International Passenger Survey does not provide any information about passengers using other routes (e.g. Aberdeen or Rosyth) - see sections 3.14 and 4.4 of the text. Prestwick airport was added to the International Passenger Survey sample in 2005, so there are no figures for it prior to then. The results for 2003 and earlier years differ from those published previously because ONS has revised the series retrospectively - for example, the " EU"/"Other Europe" breakdown now reflects the position following the enlargement of the EU in 2004.

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