The bar graph illustrates the number of people employed in four tourism-related sectors, namely restaurants, hotels, sport and leisure, and travel and tours in a UK city between 1989 and 2009.
Overall, it is readily apparent that despite some fluctuations in all industries, restaurants remained the dominant source of employment throughout the period, while travel and tours provided the fewest jobs.
To begin with, In 1989, almost 1100 individuals were employed in restaurants, and this figure rose continuously to its peak of 1600 until 2004 before declining to approximately 1300 by 2009. Conversely, the number of jobs which were created by hotels in 1989 was just over 1000, whereas this number surged to 1400 by surpassing restaurants in 1994. In spite of this increase, it dropped slightly back to just above 1000 in 2009.
Moreover, variations were recorded in sport and leisure jobs, In 1989, it accounted for around 900, which decreased to nearly 700 by 1994 before climbing steadily to more than 1000 in 1999. Then, it declined gradually to about 700 in 2009. By contrast, travel and tours provided only 800 jobs in 1989, it inclined moderately by around 200 in 1994, but in 2009 the employment level dwindled to 400, representing the lowest figure across all industries.