The chart illustrates how many people abroad came to the Uk for 3 reasons from 1989 to 2009.
Overall, there are an increase in the number of people who went to the UK for holiday, business, and visit to friends or relatives. In addition, the figure for visitors tralling the UK generally highest and on the top.
About 5.5 millions people visited the UK for business, with a subsequent decrease slightly to about 4 millions people, after which it continued to increase to about 7 millions people in 1999. The figure for foreigners who travelled to UK for holidays and visit to friends or relatives increased over the period examined, with respective figures being from about 6.5 to 9.5 visotors, and about 3.5 to 5.5 people.
From 1999 to 2009, the number of overseas visitors came to the Uk to visit to friends and relatives continued increase to 6 millions people. The figure for foreigners who came to the UK for hollidays witnessed an opposite change, decreasing from 9.5 millions to about 7.5 millions then continued to rise around 9 millions people, while the number of overseas visitors went to the UK for business fluctuated between 7 and 8 millions people in the same period.