The table below shows the number fo visits to the UK by overseas residents between 1975 and 1998.
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 million
in 1975 to reach to
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million
in 1996, and then
it levelled off for the next two years. Furthermore
, although
business travellers recorded shy of 2 million
in 1975, it increased significantly and more than tripled to 7 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 million
in 1975 to 17 million
at the end
of the 1990s. By contrast
, even though there was a sharp increase in the number of residents from North America and other countries visiting to
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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