The line chart illustrates the number of people who visited Japan for business, holidays, and visiting friends over a 20-year period, from 1990 to 2010.
Generally, business visits ranked the highest, while visits for the purpose of seeing friends were the lowest. Additionally, an upward trend can be observed in the total number of visitors to Japan during this time.
The number of people visiting Japan for business reasons experienced consistent growth over ten years, increasing from about 7 million to approximately 9.5 million. However, it then dropped to around 7 million before rising again to reach 9 million by 2010.
In contrast, a slight decrease was observed in the number of people who traveled to Japan for holidays, which fell from 5.5 million to about 7 million over five years. This number gradually rose to 8 million by around 2008, but then declined to approximately 6.5 million by 2010.
