The line graph shows how much money overseas visitors spent in the UK from 1980 - 2010 and the pie charts show the reasons for their visits in 1980 and 2010.

The line graph shows the amount of money the UK foreign visitors spent over a 30-year period

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measured in millions

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pound

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sterling and the pie charts show the percentage of reasons for visits divided into four categories holiday,business,visiting friends and relatives and other between two years.

Overall

, the line graph shows an increase in the amount spent between 1980 and 2010.

However

, we can clearly see in the pie chart that the proportions of spending have mildly changed. In the line graph

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the amount spent in 1980 was

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over 7,500 million pounds sterling.

While

it kept fluctuating over the years it increased gradually reaching its highest point in 1996 at 12,000 million pound sterling and by 2010 it had a mild drop to 10,500 million pound sterling.

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the pie chart shows in 1980 the majority of

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it

visit

was for holiday at 44.1% and business at 20 .7%, Visiting friends and relatives and other accounts for only the third of courses to

visit

at 18.7% and 16.6% respectively,

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has

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slightly changed in 2010

although

holiday is still the number one reason to

visit

percentage has decreased by about 5%

as well as

other causes to

visit

. other categories

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increased.