Band 5+: The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who came to Japan for different purposes between 1990 and 2010. Su mmarize the in formation by sele cting and re port ing the main features , and make comparisons where relevant . Writ e at least 150 words .

The line chart illustrates how many people visited Japan for the purposes of business, holiday and to visit friends over a period of 20-year, from 1990 and 2010.

The line chart illustrates how many people visited Japan for the purposes of business, holiday and friend visiting over a period of 20-year, from 1990 and 2010.

Generally , the business reasons ranked the highest place, while the purpose of visiting friends lied the last. Additionally, an upward trend can be observed in the total number of visitors to Japan during this period.

The number of People visited Janpan for business reasons experiened a constantly growth over the 10 years, increasing from about 7 million to 9.5 about million. However,it then dropped to around 7 million before rising again to 9 million by 2010

By constrat, a slight decrease could be found during the 5 years from 5.5 million to about 7 million in the number of people who came to Japan to spend their holiday, before gradually rising to 8 million in about 2008. It then declined to around 6.5 million by 2010.