69.6 million Brits travelled abroad for the last 12 months

UK overseas visits reached an all-time record in the year ending August 2007, totaling 69.6 million according to figures from the Office of National Statistics. This is a raise of one million up from 68.6 visitors the previous year. Visits to Europe increased by 1 per cent (to 54.8 million), visits to North America increased also by 1 per cent (to 4.8 million), and visits to other parts of the world rose by 7 per cent (to 10.0 million).