the bar chart illustrates the number of jobs in four tourism-related sectors-restaurants,hotels,sports and leisure , and travel and tours-in a UK city over a 20 year period from 1989to2009.
Overall,employment in the tourism industry experienced flutuations,with restaurants concictently employing the highest number of people .in contrast, travel and tours remained the smallest sector throudhout the period .notably, most sectors saw growth until the late 1990s, followed by a slight decline by 2009.
in 1989, restaurants provided approximately 1100jobs , making it the leading sector,followed by hotelsat just over 1000. sports and leiisure employed around 900 people,while travel and tours had the lowest figure at roughly 800. by 1994,employment in hotels rose significantly to about 1200 surpassing restaurants , wich also increased moderately to around 1300.
by 2004,restaurant employment reached a peak of nearky 1500 before declining to around 1300 in 2009 . A similar pattren was observed in other sectors : hotels decreased gradually after 1994, ending at about 1050 while sports and leisure and travel and tours both experienced minor declines , finishing at approximately 700 and 600 respectively.
in summary , although tourism employment generally expanded during the first half of the period, most sectors experienced a downturn towards the end , with restaurants remaining dominant throughout