With the year almost over, many people will already be planning their next getaway.
This is especially the case for Luxembourgers.
Our world in data analysis implies that people originate from the landlocked nation in between France, Germany and Belgium makes an average of 4.3 international trips per year.
Slovenia, meanwhile, is second on the list.
Residents in the central European country – nicknamed the continent’s ‘rising star’ for its historic cities, sparkling lakes and soaring peaks – go abroad 1.4 times a year.
Belgians (1.3) follow in third place.
These trips abroad can also be counted as business trips, as Our World In Data defines them as one instance of overseas travel and overnight stay.
It comes after research by travel association ABTA found in October that Britons are going on more holidays than ever.
Britons took an average of 3.94 holidays during the past 12 months, with Spain remains the most popular overseas destination.
This was slightly higher than the previous year, surpassing the peak of 3.91 in 2019 before the Covid pandemic brought travel to a standstill.
That data, based on a survey of 2,000 people, comes with separate analysis by the Office for National Statistics (WE), however.
The ONS found that Britons took 71 million trips abroad in 2022, effectively putting Britain just above the threshold of one foreign trip per year.
Yet this figure has increased to 86.2 million in 2023.
UK residents visited Spain the most in 2023, accounting for 21 per cent of all visits abroad, ONS figures showed.
It was followed by France (11 percent), Italy (6 percent) and Greece (5 percent).
Our World in Data, which compiled the table, said: ‘Tourism has increased tremendously in recent decades.
The famous Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg City
‘Aviation opened up travel from domestic to international. Before the Covid pandemic, the number of international visits had more than doubled since 2000.
‘Tourism can be important to both the travelers and the people in the countries they visit.
‘For visitors, travel can increase their understanding of and appreciation for people in other countries and their cultures.
‘And in many countries many people rely on tourism for their income. In some it is one of the biggest industries.’
