The line graph below shows the percentage of tourists to Scotland who visited four different attractions in Edinburgh. --

The line graph illustrates the proportion of visitors to four separate attractions in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1980 to 2010.

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,

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the percentages of tourists visiting the festival and the aquarium experienced downward trends over the period, the figures for the castle and the zoo saw

overall

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increases, despite some fluctuations. Looking at the categories with an upward trend, in 1980, the proportions of visitors to the castle and the zoo stood at 20% and 10%, respectively. Over the following two decades, the figure for the zoo fluctuated before returning to its starting point in 2000, after which it rose significantly to reach 20% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of travellers to the castle increased sharply to a peak of about 45% in 1995, before dropping significantly to around 15% by 2010. Moving to the remaining categories, the proportion of tourists visiting the aquarium started at 20% in 1980, climbed considerably to approximately 35% in 1985, and

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declined markedly to stand at about 9% in 2010.

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, the festival experienced the smallest change; it began at 30% in 1980 and saw a slight decrease to 26%

at the end

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of the period.