The line graph illustrates how much people from the United Kingdom spent during their foreign stay from 1993 to 2013.
Overall
, their spending on holiday stood the highest and showed the most dramatic boost Linking Words
while
that of business and visiting friends and relatives rose more mildly. Others remained the lowest with only a minor increase.
Starting with the highest, the figure for holidays rose in a dynamic way from 9 Linking Words
billion
pounds in 1993 to about 26 Use synonyms
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in 2008. Use synonyms
Then
, it experienced a sudden drop to just above 21 Linking Words
billion
and remained relatively stable until 2012, from which it recovered to nearly 24 Use synonyms
billion
in 2013.
Turning to the graphs with a slight increase, expenditure on business rose from approximately 2 Use synonyms
billion
in 1993 to just below 6 Use synonyms
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in 2008 Use synonyms
whereas
that for visiting friends and family increased from around 1 Linking Words
billion
to about 5 Use synonyms
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over the fifteen years. Use synonyms
While
the former remained slightly higher than the latter, they Linking Words
finally
stood on the same level there between 2009 and 2013.
Looking at the remaining graph, miscellaneous continued to be the lowest with no significant change at around 2 Linking Words
billion
throughout the whole examined period.Use synonyms
mizuho