The chart and table below give information about the number of tourists visiting a country and their reasons for visiting in 2010 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar chart illustrates changes in international tourist

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to a particular country between 2010 and 2020,

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the accompanying table provides a breakdown of visitors’ travel purposes during these years.

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, the country experienced substantial growth in tourism, with

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increasing by more than four-fifths. Leisure remained the dominant motivation throughout the period, despite losing some of its relative importance. Meanwhile, business-related travel and trips to see acquaintances or family members gained ground. In 2010, the country welcomed 12

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tourists, compared with 22

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a decade later.

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represented an increase of approximately 83%.

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holidays accounted for 55% of all

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, their contribution had fallen to exactly half by 2020.

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, the actual number of holidaymakers grew considerably, from approximately 6.6

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to 11

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, reflecting the expansion of the tourism sector as a whole. Turning to the other categories, visits to friends and relatives represented one-fifth of the total in 2010, rising to one-quarter ten years later.

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, business trips became more prominent, climbing from 15% to 20%. Taken together, these two purposes accounted for 45% of

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of the period, compared with 35% at the beginning.

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, travel for miscellaneous purposes experienced the sharpest proportional decline, with its contribution halving from 10% to 5%.