The given table illustrates the number of foreign citizens who travelled to the UK between 1975 and 1998.
Overall
, the purpose of the visits was predominately for leisure and inhabitants from Western Europe were the largest group to travel to the UK during the whole period.
In terms of the purpose, visitors who travelled for leisure reasons rose gradually from approximately 8 Linking Words
million
in 1975 to reach Use synonyms
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million
in 1996, and Use synonyms
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it levelled off for the next two years. Linking Words
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business travellers recorded shy of 2 Linking Words
million
in 1975, it increased significantly and more than tripled to 7 Use synonyms
million
in the coming 20 years.
If we examine the table deeply, we discover that Western Europeans were the most popular tourists in the United Kingdom, capturing roughly 6 Use synonyms
million
in 1975 to 17 Use synonyms
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of the 1990s. Linking Words
By contrast
, even though there was a sharp increase in the number of residents from North America and other countries visiting Linking Words
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the UK over the period, it only accounted for half of the tourists from Western Europe in 1998.Remove the preposition
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