The given bar chart gives a breakdown of the quantity of employment in tourism related industries in a city in the UK, in a 20-year span, starting from 1989.
Overall, while restaurant section not only consistently ranked first, but also experienced an upward trend, the number of sport and leisure and tours and travel shared the same reverse pattern. In addition, the number of hotel remained unchanged.
As for the upward and unchanged categories. To begin with restaurant in 1989, with almost 1100 employments. Followed by a striking growth to 1600 in the next 15 years, which hit a high record, before slightly dropping to 1590 in the end. Moving onto jobs for hotels, the quantity for this section began at nearly 600, which was almost a half of restaurant. Subsequently, it witnessed a slight fluctuation before recovering to relatively 600 again in 2009.
Concerning remaining categories, which was downward trends. Firstly, the quantity for employments in sport and leisure initially represented at relative 800, then fluctuated before saw a notable decrease to 700 jobs. Closely initially followed sport and leisure by travel and tours at nearly 700. After the dramatic increase to almost 850 in 1994, surpassing the figure for sport and leisure for the first time, the volume for this bracket plummeted to 400 in 2009, which hit the lowest position.