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The table below highlights data on the number of travellers using three major British airports between 1998 and 2003

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The number of visitors using Heathrow,
Gatwick
 and Stansted British airports
were
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 demonstrated over a five-year
period
 between 1998 and 2003.
Overall
, what stands out from the table is that there was a considerable upward trend in flying
with
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Gatwick
 and Stansted airports,
whereas
Gatwick
airport
 had a fluctuation during the
period
 in question. Looking at the details, as regards Heathrow
airport
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, the number of backpackers stood at 27.2
million
 at the beginning of the
period
. After that, there was a dramatic growth in using
this
airport
 in the
last
 two years to 48.2
million
 people,
this
 figure being the peak during the whole
period
, but despite dipping remarkably to 37.1
million
 tourists, it went up to 45.6
million
 adventurers
at the end
 of the
period
. As for
Gatwick
airport
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, the figure started at 36.5
million
 visitors, but
then
 a five-year
period
 between 1998 and 2003 saw a jump to 69.3
million
 travellers. If we look at
Stansted
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the Stansted
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airport
, having grown sharply to 39.9
million
 people from 1998 to 2000, it levelled out at 43.3
million
 adventurers
throughout
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between
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 2001 and 2003
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