Overseas visits to UK halved in March due to Covid-19

The number of visits to Britain dropped to 1.4 million, 54% fewer than in March 2019, Britain’s Office for National Statistics said

The number of overseas visitors to Britain halved in March, the first month in which Covid-19 seriously affected travel, and there was a similar fall in British people going abroad, official figures showed on Friday.

The number of Britons travelling overseas fell by 50% to 3.2 million, Britain’s Office for National Statistics said. (AP file photo. Representative image)

The number of visits to Britain dropped to 1.4 million, 54% fewer than in March 2019, while the number of Britons travelling overseas fell by 50% to 3.2 million, Britain’s Office for National Statistics said.