The line graph gives information about foreigners visiting the UK for various reasons over the 1989-2009 period. Overall, visitors who were having holidays in the country had the highest rates throughout the period, while those who went there to see their loved ones consistently recorded the lowest, regardless of the growth. Additionally, country-comers with business or relationship-related plans exhibited somewhat similar patterns.
Focusing on the higher figures first, those who went to the UK in order to have a holiday stood at about 6,5 million in 1989, the figure that then saw a dramatic rise, peaking at 9 million by 1994. Finally, despite the gradual decline over the years the numbers recovered, reaching their initial top level at the end.
On the other hand, business trips and those which accounted for meeting friends and relatives observed consistent upward trends, except some marginal reductions in the figures of the former. Starting at just 5 million, the number of business trips increased to 8 million by 2004, despite some fluctuations, whereas people meeting friends and relatives demonstrated the same patterns with figures of 3,5 million and 6 million over the same years. However, the rates in both business and relationship-related trips declined slightly, reaching 6 and 5 million respectively.