The diagram provides information about 
the 
UK citizens' expenditures on travelling to foreign countries for various purposes from 1993 to 2013. 
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Overall
, the graph illustrates that  spending on abroad journeys mostly grew during the whole period Linking Words
nevertheless
, the different travelling reasons took various amounts of money.
The entire quantity of billions spent on holidays started to grow from nine and reached its peak of about 25 Linking Words
billion
 in 2008. Use synonyms
However
, it dropped Linking Words
down 
to 22 Change preposition
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billion
 in 2009 because of Use synonyms
crisis
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has 
stopped for four years and only after that problems grew again to the level of almost 24 Unnecessary verb
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billion
 pounds in the year of 2013. Use synonyms
Likewise
, the line of the friend visits spending started from the number of 1 Linking Words
billion
 in  1993 and grew gradually until the quantity of 5 Use synonyms
billion
.
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In contrast
, the business and the miscellaneous spending started from levels 2 and 1 Linking Words
billion
 pounds respectively and were not risingUse synonyms
  so
 fast as other voyage expenses and finished with the numbers of 5 and 1.5 Correct word choice
 as
billion
 pounds simultaneously in  2013.Use synonyms