The line graph shows the number of trips to other countries by UK residents for various purposes between 1989 and 2001
The graph illustrates the figure for overseas trips experienced by British people for a variety of reasons from 1989 to 2001.
Overall
, the most popular purpose for travelling abroad was to go on holiday in the period given, that was about 30 million
times
in 1989 and gradually increased until approximately 50 million
times
in 1998, after which it decreased to under 40 million
times
in 2001.
In the first year, travelling for business was done below 10 million
times
and remained constant during the period. On the other hand
, family visits and other purposes were about 5 million
times
in 1989 respectively, resulting in more than double the number of family visits, whereas
other purposes dropped to the point of a third at the end
.
Looking into the total number, it started from the lowest figure in the first year which was 47 million
overseas trips and steadily increased reaching the highest number of 73.5 million
in 1998, after which it fell to 61 million
trips.Submitted by minuri.kim on
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