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 the figure of overseas visitors for three purposes; such as business, holiday, and visiting friends, between the years 1990 and 2010.

Overall, the most common reason to visit japan was for business, on the other hand visiting japan for holidays is the second common reason but it showed fluctuated pattern throughout the period, while visiting friends was consistently the lowest reason to visit japan.

To begin, in 1990 business visitors recorded at above 6 million, and kept increaing till it reached the peaked in 2000 with almost 10 million visitors, however, in 2005 it significanly fell to reach less than 8 million, but recovered in the end of the span to reach 8.5 million. on the other hand, visiting for holidays kept changing to fell and rise from almost 6 million in the begining to 6.5 at the end.

In contrast, it clear that visiting friends was the non-common factor to visit japan, where the number of visitors in 1990 was less than 4 million, but kept gradually increasing reaching around 6.5 million, and slighly dropped in the end of the span.