The line graph illustrates the number of abroad travellers who came to the UK for different goals from 1989 to 2009.
Overall, it is clear that the figure for overseas travllers who came to the UK for three purposes exhibited an upward trend. Meanwhile, that of Holiday was the highest throughout the period.
As for Holiday & Business, at the beginning, the former began at 6.5 million visitors while the latter started at 5 million. The number of abroad travellers came to the UK for Holiday remained unchanged during the first 5 years of the period, while Business witnessed a slight decrease to 4 million. Then, they experienced a considerable increase to 9 million and 6.5 million in 1999, respectively. After that, Business continued to a significantly rise roughly to 8 million in 2004 before declining steadily and ending with 6 million in 2009. Regarding Holiday, it saw a steady and dramatic plummet approximately 6.2 million in 2004. Then, it noticeably rebounded to a peak of 9 million in 2009, which was the highest point in the chart.
At the same time, the number of abroad travellers who came to the UK for meeting friends and relatives started at 3.5 million, which was the lowest position. It experienced a steady rise to 5 million in 1999. Then, it continued to a sharp increase to about 7 million in 2004. Around 6 million were the number of visitors come to the UK for meeting friends and relatives in 2009 after experiencing a gradual drop throughout the last 5 years of the period.