The given line graph provides information about the number of people from other countries visiting to the UK for three distinctive purposes from 1989 to 2009.
Overall, there was an upward trend in the number of foreign visitors who had intention of coming to the UK for holiday, business and visit to friends or relatives.
In 1989, around 6,5 million visitors chose to enjoy their holidays for the UK. This number then increased progressively and hit a peak of approximately 9,5 million people in 1999. Before ending with around 9 million in 2009, remaining the highest figure among three categories, the number of visitors went to the UK for this reason had decreased significantly in 2004.
The number of travellers who aimed at business was around 5.5 million, which was approximately 2 million higher than visiting trend. The figure for business dipped twice to a trough at 4 million in 1992 and 6.5 million in 2004, which made up similar number of people visiting their acquaintences in these years. People coming on business the increase at 8 million in a short period of time before declining a million in 2009. On the other hand, the number of visitors came to the UK for seeing their friends or relatives experienced a moderate falling, which remanined the lowest figure throughout the period.