The graph gives information about the changes in employment figures across four tourism-related industries in a particular UK city over the period from 1989 to 2009.
What is most striking when looking at the data is that employment in restaurants rose over the period and became the largest source of jobs, whereas travel and tours experienced a significant decline. Meanwhile, figures for sport and leisure fluctuated without any clear trend, while employment in hotels increased initially before dropping towards the end of the period.
According to the graph, employment in restaurants rose steadily from 1,100 jobs in 1989 to a peak of 1,600 in 2004, after that its figure fell slightly to about 1,300 in 2009. In contrast, the number of employment in hotels was slightly lower than in restaurants in the first year, then its figure rose to 1,400 in 1994, which surpassed restaurants’ employment, after which the figure declined gradually and ended at just over 1,000 at the end of the period.
Regarding sport and leisure, the number of jobs started at nearly 900 in the first year, which increased to the highest number of jobs at over 1,000 in 1999 before falling to under 800 in 2009. Travel and tours followed the same trend, starting at 800 jobs in 1989 and reached its peak at over 1,000, after that it experienced the most dramatic decline among the 4 sectors surveyed, at 600 in 2009, which is a 400 fell.