This line graph illustrates the amount of billions of pounds sterling spent by foreign visitors in the UK for the period of time between 1980 and 2010, while both pie charts compares the objectives of these visits in1980 and 2010.
Overall, it is evident that the expenses of overseas visitors experienced an important rise through this period, while it can be seen from the two other charts that the some purposes of the visits changed over time. In the first chart, the amount of money spent by foreigners, stood at £8 billions , in 1982 the line hit a low of £6.8 billions, but the year after the expenses of visitors rose again. After some fluctuations, the graph peaked at £12 billions in 1996. Then, the amount of money spent in the UK by overseas individuals experienced some fluctuations reaching £10.7 billions in 2010.
The main purposes of the visits remained the same, holiday with an average portion of 40%. Another is for business purposes, which represents the around 20% in both charts.
While the visits to friends and relatives increased by around 9% over time, while the aim of doing other things drop to 10% from 17%.