The number of visitors for three different aims: business, holiday and meeting friends over a 20-year period is shown in the picture. Overall, while the quantity of people for business and meeting relatives experiences an upward trend, the number of individuals for holiday demonstrates a fluctuating period.
Starting with upward tendencies, visitors for meeting friends stood at the point of about 3,5 million in 1989. Then, it had a gradual rise of 7 million by the end of the period, slightly falling to 6 million later. The quantity visitors for business amounted to 5 million at the start of the period with a rapid growth to 6 million in roughly 1996. Later, it increased steadily to its highest point of 8 million in 2009.
In terms of an inconsistent trend, the number of attendees for holiday was just over 6 million at the start of the period. After that, it experienced a sharp rise of 9 million around 1996 and then, plunged dramatically to 6,5 million in 2004, before reaching its peak of 9 million again by the end of the period.
