The chart below shows the number of jobs in tourism related industries in one UK city between 1989 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the total

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of tourist jobs in various industries in a particular UK city over a span of 20 years.

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, there were four primary job sectors for

tourists

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in the UK city:

restaurants

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, hotels, sports and leisure, and travel or tours. Employment in

restaurants

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was the most popular among

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,

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travel and tours had the least

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of tourist workers. In detail, in 1989, just over 1,000

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were employed in

restaurants

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.

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figure increased steadily to approximately 1,200 in 1994,

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rising to around 1,400 in 1999, and peaking at about 1,600 in 2004.

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, by 2009, the

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of

tourists

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working in

restaurants

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had dramatically decreased to just over 1,200.

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, the

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of

tourists

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employed in hotels was slightly over 1,000 in 1989.

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number

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rose significantly, surpassing restaurant employment in 1994 with around 1,400

tourists

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, the highest

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for the hotel sector, before gradually declining to just over 1,000 by 2009. Tourist employment in the sports and leisure sector was just under 1,000 in 1989.

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dropped to approximately 700 in 1994, rose again to slightly over 1,000 in 1999, and

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decreased to just over 600 by 2009.

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, in 1989, the travel and tours sector employed only 800

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, the lowest among all sectors.

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figure fell to just over 600 in 1994, increased to around 1,000 in 1999, and

then

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declined again to just over 600 by 2009, matching the 1994 level