The line graph demonstrates how many visitors traveled to a particular region for three divergent purposes: business, holiday, and meeting friends and relatives over the course of 20 years starting in 1989.
Looking at the graph, it is clear that while the visiting rates for business and meeting friends and relatives initially experienced an upward trend before declining in early 2000s, a relative fluctuation was seen in the visiting rates for holidays. Throughout the period, the number of visitors to holiday registered the highest visiting figures out of all 3 groups examined.
In 1989, the visiting ratios to business were approximately 5 in millions. This figure dropped slightly to 4 in million between 1989 and 1994 before surging to approximately 8 in million by 2009. A completely similar pattern was witnessed in the visiting rates to meeting friends and relatives, starting at around 3.5 in million in 1989 and increasing significantly to 7 in million by the end of the period. However, the number of visitors traveled for 2 purposes: business and meeting friends and relatives experienced a gradual decrease, 7 and 6 in million individually.
The purpose of the holiday maintained the highest level of visiting rates over the period. Beginning with 6.5 visitors in millions in 1989, the rate showed little variation by 1994, followed by a considerable rise to 9 visitors in million before falling to about 6.5 visitors in millions which was the same as the initial position. However, this figure resurged to 9 visitors in million, continuing to hold the highest rate over all groups.