The line graph compares the percentage of tourists to Scotland who visited four distinct attractions between 1980 and 2010.
Overall, there are noticeable fluctuations for all four figures, but travel to the castle and the zoo generally increased, whereas the proportion of visitors to the aquarium and the festival saw a downward trend.
In 1980, the festival was the most popular destination, with 30% of tourists visiting this spot, closely followed by the castle and the aquarium at 25% and 20% respectively. The zoo trailed behind, attracting just over 10% of all travelers. Throughout the period, travel to the festival gradually declined, falling to just under 20% by 2010. The zoo saw a contrasting trend, increasing in popularity until it reached over 20% in 2010. As a result, by the end of the tracking period, the zoo had overtaken the festival as the second most popular attraction for tourists.
The proportion of visitors to the aquarium witnessed a short-lived surge between 1980 and 1985, when it reached a peak of 35%. During the next five years, this figure plummeted to around 20%, and from this point onwards, the percentage of tourists was characterized by a downward trend. It had fallen down to 10% by 2020, and as a result, the aquarium was the least visited attraction of the four. The castle followed a similar trajectory, albeit to a lesser extent. Having peaked at 45% in 1995, travel to the castle dropped by 10% within the next 5 years before becoming stable at around 35%, finishing the period as the most popular destination for visitors.