The bar chart illustrates the number of monthly bookings for a particular leisure centre between 2018 and 2022, while the pie chart shows information about the proportion of all bookings by time of day in 2022.
Overall, most activities recorded an upward trend, the opposite was the case for the live music category, while the number of bookings for yoga and fitness remained unchanged. In 2022, the majority of bookings occurred in the evening (18:00-21:00).
Between 2018 and 2022, bookings for language classes and book clubs witnessed a significant increase, from 10 to 25 and from 5 to around 15, respectively. Similarly, the number of bookings for other groups grew dramatically from approximately 6 in 2018 to 20 in 2022, while quizzes experienced a lower figure, starting from roughly 6 in 2018, followed by a mild increase to nearly 15 in the final year. The dance groups’ figure stood at 25 in the first period and then rose to about 27 in 2022, becoming the most booked activities by the end of the period. Meanwhile, live music’s data decreased sharply from around 25 to just about 10. However, bookings for yoga and fitness remained constant at 15 in both years.
Turning to the time distribution in 2022, almost half of all bookings (45%) took place in the evening from 18:00 to 21:00. The late afternoon (15:00-18:00) accounted for a quarter, whereas the time period from 12:00 to 15:00 made up 16%. Morning periods ( 6:00-9:00 and 9:00-12:00) were much less popular, representing only 14% of total bookings.