The chart below shows the results of a survey that sampled a cross section of travelers at a major metropolitan airport about the purpose of their trip. The survey was carried out during four different months in 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table details the 4 reasons, business, holiday, visiting family and other, for why travellers went to a major metropolitan airport, over 4 months, March, June, September and December

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2002, given in percentages.

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was the main reason for travelling in both March and September 2002, at 73 and 53% respectively. June was the month when holidays were the main reason for travel, at 54%. Visiting family was never the main reason for travel.

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, the greatest percentage by far (26%) of people visiting family did so in December 2002, a percentage that was double the second favourite time, which was June 2002. With regards to the other category,

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was fairly stable throughout the year at between 3 and 5%. It rose as the year progressed until September 2002,

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it remained static until December 2002. Looking at the

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annual percentages these work out at 47.25% for business, 34.5% for

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, 14 % for visiting family, and 4.25% for other.