The line graph indicates the amount of expenditure foreign visitors paid in the UK between 1980 and 2010, while the pie charts illustrate the distinct purposes for their arrivals at the same years.
Overall, it is noticeable that there was more and more money spent in the UK by foreign visitors, while the percentage of holidays and other reasons witnessed a decrease in 30 years. Additionally, visitors who came to the UK for holidays dominantly constituted the chart in the examined period.
In terms of the expenditures, the figure started at around 8,000 million pounds (mps), afterward marginally reaching its lowest point about 2 years later. The data fluctuated between 1985 and 1990 to hit the peak at 12,000 mps in 1995. There was a dramatic fall by approximately one-fourth of 12,000 mps (9,500) in 2002, which the data saw remarkable recovery to end the period in 2010 at 10,600 mps.
Regarding different purposes that visitors came to the UK, reasons for holidays took up 44,1%, which was nearly four times higher than 16,6% of other reasons in 1980. Both figures experienced a slight decrease to 39,1% and 9,8% respectively. Paying a visit for friends and relatives in the UK made up 18,7% of the total reasons in 1980, then the data rose marginally to 28,2% in 2010. The percentage of reason for business started at one-fifth, which was higher than that of visiting friends and relatives in 1980, however; was overtaken at 22,8% in 2010.