The line graph illustrates the number of overseas citizens travel to China by four purposes between 2000 and 2016.
Overall, it is clear from the graph that, three purposes, holiday, business and visit friends or relatives experienced upward trajectories over the given period, while the reverse was true for Miscellaneous, with remaining unchange. It is notable that, the holiday was by far the largest number of visits throughout.
Regarding the holiday. In 2000, explorers begun with nearly 10,000 of visits, and then it declined slightly to around 8,000 in 2002 before rising gradually to approximately 14,000 of vitists, making it dominant. In terms of Business and visit friends or relatives showed contrasting trends over the given timeframe. Both purposes started with 6,000 and 5,000 of visits respectively, followed by a significant increase to 9,000. By 2006, the figure for visiting for relatives or friends suprassed that of business reaching 10,000 of visits, although the number of travels in holiday saw a noticeable dropp to 6,000 in 2008. Over the eight years, the number of visits to the relatives or friends were slightly higher than holiday purpose at 12,000, compared to 9,000 after growing markedly.
In contrast, The quantity of visits to the Miscellaneous showed a minimal fluctuations. At the beginning of the timeframe, the number of visits accounted for roughly 3,000 before increasing slightly to 4,000 in 2006, after which it declined significantly to around 3,000 of visits. There was a remain stable for next 4 years.