The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who came to the UK for different purposes between 1989 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graphic line depicts how many visitors from all around the world visited the UK in order to various reasons including business,

holiday

, and meeting friends and relatives from the year 1989 until 2009.

Overall

, it is noticeable that a majority of people came to

this

area for

holiday

purposes. Meeting family members and friends,

on the other hand

, contains the lowest

number

. Regarding to comparison between the three categories,

holiday

has the highest

number

of all, as it is shown that 6.5

million

people came to the UK to spend their

holiday

in 1989.

This

number

,

moreover

, sharply rose

up

Change preposition

apply

show examples

between the years 1994 and 1999, and illustrates the highest

number

of 9

million

visitors.

This

data,

however

, experienced a decrease in 2004 and reached the same

number

as the starting point, and

then

eventually got to 9

million

in the

last

year of

this

period. Business,

on the other hand

, had a fluctuation and the data did not remain stable, as it started with 5

million

individuals in 1989 and

then

ended up with 7

million

visitors in the

last

year of

this

period.

Furthermore

, meeting family and friends, had the lowest

number

of individuals with 3.5

million

in 1989,

then

rose to the maximum

number

of 7

million

, but

then

fell to 1

million

less in

number

.

To sum up

, the greatest purpose for all the individuals in the globe is to visit

this

country in

holiday

time.