The given graph illustrates how many foreign visitors came to the UK for numerous reasons including business, holiday and meeting friends and relatives from 1989 to 2009.
Overall, there was a growth in the number of tourists coming to the United Kingdom for business, holiday and meeting friends and relatives, while the most significant increase was seen in the purpose for meeting friends and relatives. In addition, people coming to the UK for holiday generally had the highest figures through the period.
In detail, the number of visitors who came to the UK for holiday started at about 6,5 million, after which it saw fluctuations until 2004, before reaching a peak in the end of the period at around 9 million.
Furthermore, approximately 3.5 million tourists came to the UK for visiting friends and relatives in 1989, with a subsequent rise to nearly 7 million in 2004 and a final drop to over 6 million in 2009. In the meantime, the figure for people coming to the UK for business was at roughly 5 million in the beginning, but declining to upward of 4 million in 1994 and ending with a fluctuation to just under 7 million in 2009.
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