The graph below shows the spending of UK residents on visits abroad between 1993 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant
The line graph illustrates the expenditure of British people on four different aims when visiting abroad from 1993 to 2013.
Overall
, the holiday was the highest spending compared to the others.
According to
the data, about £9 billion
was spent on the holiday at the beginning of the period. The number rose constantly until it reached a peak in 2008, in which about £25 billion
was used in that year. Then
, it experienced a considerable fall by almost £4 billion
in the coming year, fluctuated within three years and grew to roughly £24 billion
in the final period.
Moving to other categories, in 1993, spending for business, visiting friends or relatives, and miscellaneous purposes was less than around £3 billion
. However
, both business and visits to friends or relatives experienced gradual increases, reaching a stable level of approximately £5 billion
from 2009 onwards. In contrast
, expenditures for miscellaneous purposes showed insignificant changes throughout the timeline.Submitted by e.warikar on
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