The line graph shows information about how many international visitors who came to the UK for variety of reasons over a period of 2 decades from 1989 to 2009.
Overall it is clear that while the purpose of visiting for business and visit to friends or relatives declined over a time given, that of holiday saw an increase in the ending of the period. The most common reason for overseas visits to the UK was holiday.
At the start of the period, coming for business purpose stood at close to 6.5 million, making the highest output in this category. Although the figure saw a sharp decrease between 1999 and 2004, then it dramatically rose to peak at almost 9.5 million over the following decades.
Travel for business was started at around 5.5 million in 1999. During the initial few years, this number considerably increased by 2007, that even reached its highest level at 8, but then it saw a negligible decline in the end of the period. The figure for visiting friend and relatives was also increased that peaked around 7 million by 2004, as well as falling by 1 million in 2009.