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The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who came to the UK for different purposes between 1989 and 2009.

The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who came to the UK for different purposes between 1989 and 2009.
#visitors #uk #purposes
The line chart illustrates the
number
 of
visitors
 abroad who came to the UK from 1989 to 2009. The purposes for visitations are business, holiday, and meeting friends and relatives. Unit measurements are in millions of
visitors
.
Firstly
, the
number
 of
people
 who visited for a holiday increased slightly from 1989 to 2009. It started at around 6.5
million
visitors
 and ended at around 9
million
.
However
, it reached a peak of
visitors
 in 1994, which reached around 9
million
visitors
, similar
at
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 the
number
 in 2009.
Furthermore
, the
number
 of
people
 who visited for business grew incrementally within the same period. The growth started with about 5
million
visitors
 and reached about 7
million
visitors
. The
number
 was in the highest position around 2004, slightly higher than holiday visitation.
Lastly
,
people
 who visited to meet friends and relatives significantly jumped during the same years. The
number
 started from approximately 3
million
visitors
 and reached approximately 6
million
at the end
 of the period, almost two times from the beginning.
Overall
, the
number
 of
people
 who visited the UK for different purposes increased for all purposes.
In addition
,
people
 who visited friends and relatives were consistently in the lowest position.
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