The given line graph illustrates the volume of people going abroad visited the UK for several purposes from 1989 to 2009.
Overall, the number of tourists experienced an upward trend in all the data given. It is also striking to note that the quanlity of whom came to the UK for holidays witnessed the highest figures almost examined time.
With respect to holiday purpose, the volume of visitors going abroad for their vacation started from more than 6 millions, and then it reached its peak at 9 millions in 1994. After substantially falling for the next ten years, number of people coming to the UK for holiday saw a recovery to its peak .
Regarding the remaining two purposes, both of them experienced the same trend. Having surged to nearly 7 millions in 2004, the volume of tourists meeting their friends and families then moderatly went down up to 6 millions in the last year, almost doubling its initial figure. In the same vein, the number of whom coming to the UK due to their business underwent a gradual decrease prior to soaring to 8 millions in the following ten years. Then, it finished the period with a slight drop to nearly 7 millions