USA visits to the UK 2022

United States residents took a total of around 4.59 million trips to the United Kingdom in 2022. This not only exceeded the visitation rates from 2020 and 2021, when travel between the two countries was limited during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but also in 2018 and 2019. This rise in visitation further cemented the place of the U.S. as the leading tourist market for the UK based on visitor numbers.

Number of visits from the United States to the United Kingdom (UK) from 2004 to 2022 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of visits in millions
2022	4.59
2021²	0.66
2020¹	0.69
2019	4.5
2018	4.57
2017	4.63
2016	3.95
2015	3.54
2014	2.98
2013	2.75
2012	2.76
2011	2.88
2010	2.64
2009	2.73
2008	2.95
2007	3.55
2006	3.9
2005	3.44
2004	3.62

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2023

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2004 to 2022

Supplementary notes

¹ The source specifies that the International Passenger Survey (IPS) was suspended on March 16, 2020 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Thus, 2020 figures are based on administrative sources and modeling, except for Q1 2020 data that is based on the IPS. Please find here additional information related to the methodology.

² The source adds the following: "During the first half of 2021 (January to June 2021), the IPS survey was operational at UK airports only. In ordinary times surveying would also be conducted at UK tunnel terminals (Eurostar and Eurotunnel) as well as some UK sea ports (e.g. Dover), but this was not possible during this period". Dover traffic was only included from the third quarter of the year.

Figures from prior to 2019 were taken from earlier reports from the same source.

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