The line graph illustrates the visiting proportion in two cities, Cardiff and Dublin, over a decade between 2010 and 2020.
Overall, it is clear that people who went to Cardiff represent a significant increase over the period, while their counterparts in Dublin went down. In addition, the highest percentage of visitors can be seen in Cardiff.
Focusing on Cardiff, the proportion of visitors started at just under 2 million in 2011, a figure that then rose to approximately 1.9 million in 2012. The number of holidaymakers who went to Cardiff grew to 2 million in 2013, after which it improved further to just above 2 million. The number of tourists who visited Cardiff remained stable in 2014 and 2015, staying in the same position during 2 years, reaching roughly 2.1 million. Despite increasing significantly from 1.8 to 2.1 in a 5-year period, the percentage of Cardiff dropped substantially to 1.9 million in 2016. There was a noticeable decrease in the people who visited Cardiff, from 1.9 to 1.7, between 2017 and 2018. During the 3-year period, Cardiff showed a sharp increase from 3.9 to 5.0 million visitors at the end of the period.
A similar pattern can be observed in Dublin; starting at just 3.9 in 2011, the proportion of holidaymakers diminished to roughly 100k. Between 2013 and 2014 the rate for visitors plummeted gradually to 2.3. In the middle of the period there was a climb to around 3 million. And starting in 2016 and ending in 2020, Dublin experienced a steady decline from nearly 2.5 to 2 million.