the graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who went to the UK for different purpose between 1989 and 2009

The line graph displayed exhibits the statistic of international visitors in the United Kingdom for varieties of purposes: business, holidays, and meeting beloved ones. The timeframe of

this

data covers from 1989 to 2009. Noticeably, Vacation tends to be the most appealing reason for guests to visit Japan in the given years.

Moreover

, foreigners entering the UK for business duties

as well as

family and friends gatherings generally grow up in numbers.

Firstly

, travelling to the UK for vacations kicked out a superior start, with around 6.5

million

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tourists visiting in 1989. After that, the trend skyrocketed to 9

million

people in 1996.

However

, the number of arrivals fluctuated significantly and returned to its starting point of 6.5

million

in 2004. At that time, the employment visits had a larger proportion than that of the

holiday's

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.

Then

, focusing on the intentions of meeting one's fellow and business, both of them have similar trends. The number of foreigners who went to the UK for commercial motivation was all time larger than that of family gatherings. Unfortunately, the exception was in 1991, when the number of arrivals

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both purposes was equal to 4

million

individuals. From 1991, the table establishes the upward trends for both visiting interests.

Similarly

, in 2009, the

tentation

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temptation

of guesses who went to the United Kingdom for pursuing work and greeting their family and friends started to drop significantly to 7 and 6

million

of the population respectively.