The bar chart illustrates the number of jobs in four tourism-related sectors – restaurants, hotels, sport and leisure, and travel and tour – in a UK city between 1989 and 2009.
Overall, employment in restaurants showed a general upward trend and became the largest source of tourism jobs by 2004. In contrast, the travel and tour sector declined steadily over the period. Hotel employment fluctuated slightly, while sport and leisure experienced noticeable changes but remained lower than restaurants and hotels.
In 1989, restaurants provided around 1,100 jobs, slightly more than hotels at about 1,050. Sport and leisure accounted for roughly 900 positions, while travel and tour had the fewest at approximately 800. By 1994, hotel jobs rose sharply to about 1,400, the highest among all sectors at that time, whereas restaurants increased to around 1,300. However, sport and leisure dropped to about 700 jobs.
From 1999 onwards, restaurant employment continued to grow, peaking at roughly 1,600 in 2004 before falling slightly to about 1,300 in 2009. Meanwhile, travel and tour jobs declined consistently, reaching only around 400 by the end of the period.