The pie charts illustrate the distribution of five age categories travellers from UK to Spain belong to, in two distinct years, 1983 and 2003.
Overall, the middle-age tourist sector maintained the most sizable proportion, notwithstanding a major plummet after two decades. Conversely, both the oldest and second-youngest age division witnessed upsurges, whereas the remaining groups either experienced marginal increases or decreases.
In 1983, the 35-54 age segment represented precisely half of all English travelers to Spain, dominating the left chart. Following this were individuals aged 25-34 at one-fifth and senior citizens above 55 at 16%, whereas youngsters below the age of 15 constituted a mere one-tenth of recorded figures, and demographics of young adults from 16-24 years old registered a minor 4%.
By 2003, the size of visitors aged 35-54 had contracted markedly to 35%, yet still eclipsed a majority of listed age groups. Meanwhile, the most outstanding leap in UK visitors to Spain manifested in the age sector of 16-24 as a four-fold jump to 15%, a trend similarly observed in the oldest demographics as these individuals rose to 26%. In contrast, the youngest age bracket increased minimally to 12%, and English travelers aged 25-34 years old emerged as the smallest proportion to visit Spain as of 2003, with a sharp decline to 12%.