The line chart compares the number of international travelers visiting the UK for different purposes over a 20-year period, from 1989 to 2009.
Overall, there was a significant growth in the number of visitors coming to this nation for various rationales over the period. Notably, despite a moderate fluctuation, the holiday reason still remained the most popular chance.
Regarding the holiday, the number of holiday individuals was highest at the beginning of the period at approximately 6,500,000 people, before fluctuating around 9 million in the following ten years. Subsequently, it declined to roughly 6,500,000 people in 2004, before recovering to 9,000,000 in the last year of the period.
Concerning the other purposes, meeting friends and relatives accounted for only 3,500,000 people in 1989; however, it recorded a significant growth over the years and reached around 6,000,000 in 2009. The number of people visiting friends and relatives overtook business travel in 1994 and holidays in 2004. Furthermore, business travel began at approximately 5,000,000, followed by the peak at 8 million people in 2004, and ending at 7,000,000.