"Figure 11: UK residents' visits abroad by purpose, 1996 to 2016","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Visits (thousands)" "","" "","Holiday (thousands)","Business (thousands)","Visit Friends or Relatives (thousands)","Miscellaneous (thousands)" "1996","26765","6879","5502","2904" "1997","29138","7166","6004","3649" "1998","32306","8033","6452","4082" "1999","35023","8161","6598","4100" "2000","36685","8872","7178","4102" "2001","38670","8220","7727","3664" "2002","39902","8073","7870","3532" "2003","41197","7892","8527","3807" "2004","42912","8140","9799","3343" "2005","44175","8556","10648","3063" "2006","45287","9102","11963","3184" "2007","45437","9018","12214","2781" "2008","45531","8920","12392","2168" "2009","38492","6887","11592","1643" "2010","36422","6639","10850","1652" "2011","36819","6846","11594","1576" "2012","36173","6956","11797","1612" "2013","37149","6750","12313","1580" "2014","38519","6756","13272","1535" "2015","42150","7149","14729","1691" "2016","45020","7156","16603","2036"