_**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.**_ **Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.**

The line graph presented depicts the visitor's expenditure in the UK, measured in millions of

pounds

, whilst the pie chart describes the varied purposes of the

visit

, both throughout the period of 1980 and 2010. At first glance, an upward trend within the expenditure

illustratred

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illustrated

can be seen. The reasons for

visit

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visiting

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UK

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the UK

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vary among

holiday

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holidays

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,

business

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businesses

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, visiting relatives or others. Holiday purposes

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represent

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the largest proportion

to

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of visiting

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visit

the UK, followed by visiting relatives and business. The money spent by visitors climbed from over 8000

million

pounds

in 1980 to roughly 11000

million

pounds

in 2010. The expenditure

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reached

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over 7000

million

pounds

in 1982, which was the lowest value registered. In 1996, the figures registered peaked at

12000

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approximately 12000

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million

pounds

, approximately. The purposes of the

visit

slightly varied. Holiday showed

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dominance during the period, and accounted for 44.1% and 39.1% of the total in 1980 and 2010, respectively. Visiting relatives saw a surge and climbed up from 18.7% in 1980 to 28.2% in 2010. Business saw a moderate growth from 20.7% to 22.8% throughout time.