The charts show the proportion of holidaymakers of one region staying in different types of accommodation in three different years.

The charts show the proportion of holidaymakers of one region staying in different types of accommodation in three different years.
The provided three
pie
charts compare the differences in
holiday takers
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holiday-takers
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accommodation
choices over the years of 1965, 1985 and 2000. The provided
accommodation
options are staying with
friends
or relatives, booking a hotel, camping or staying in caravans.
Initially
, we can see that the dominant choice in 1965 was staying with
friends
or relatives, taking up more than
one half
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of the
pie
chart at 55 per
cent
. The other three options showed little difference in percentage, given that all three were taking up just about 15 per
cent
of the
pie
chart.
However
, the situation changed in 1985,
where
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booking hotels roughly doubled in popularity and made up 37 per
cent
of the
accommodation
preference. Camping experienced a slight rise in percentage,
while
caravans mildly dropped to 10 per
cent
. A significant drop can be seen in the possibility of staying with
friends
,
due to
the fact that only 35 per
cent
of people made
such
an
accommodation
choice in 1985.
Lastly
, in 2005, caravans made a comeback, reaching a record fraction and taking up
one fifth
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of the whole
pie
chart,
while
staying with
friends
reached an
all time
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all-time
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low of 30 per
cent
.
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