This statistic presents the results of a survey conducted with consumers in the United Kingdom, asking them how they paid for purchases during travel overseas as of 2016. Cash was the most popular payment method for smaller purchases such as food and drink and retail purchases. For accommodation, 25 percent used a credit card and 19 percent used a debit card.
Thinking about your most recent overseas trip, please indicate how you paid for the following purchases?
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RFi Group. (February 1, 2017). Thinking about your most recent overseas trip, please indicate how you paid for the following purchases? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/810508/payment-methods-used-on-travel-overseas-united-kingdom-uk/
RFi Group. "Thinking about your most recent overseas trip, please indicate how you paid for the following purchases?." Chart. February 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/810508/payment-methods-used-on-travel-overseas-united-kingdom-uk/
RFi Group. (2017). Thinking about your most recent overseas trip, please indicate how you paid for the following purchases?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/810508/payment-methods-used-on-travel-overseas-united-kingdom-uk/
RFi Group. "Thinking about Your Most Recent Overseas Trip, Please Indicate How You Paid for The following Purchases?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/810508/payment-methods-used-on-travel-overseas-united-kingdom-uk/
RFi Group, Thinking about your most recent overseas trip, please indicate how you paid for the following purchases? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/810508/payment-methods-used-on-travel-overseas-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Thinking about your most recent overseas trip, please indicate how you paid for the following purchases? [Graph], RFi Group, February 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/810508/payment-methods-used-on-travel-overseas-united-kingdom-uk/