In its latest travel and tourism research released on 23 December, the Office for National Statistics found people from the UK spent £5.8 billion overseas in September 2019.
This is up 10% on September 2018, despite that UK residents only made 2% more trips in that period - up to 7.8 million trips.
Tourists coming to the UK also spent more, with £2.4 billion contributed to the economy over 3.1 million visits during that month.
Although that represents 21% more spent compared to last year, over only 3% more trips, September 2018 saw unusually low expenditure.
