The document is a table showing visits to the UK by overseas residents from 1978 to 1999 categorized by purpose of visit. It shows that:
- Holiday visits increased over time, first exceeding 8 million in 1985 and reaching a high of over 10 million in 1995.
- Business visits totaled over 90,000 thousand from 1978 to 1999.
- While the number of visits to friends/relatives and miscellaneous visits increased over time, miscellaneous visits increased very little and remained around 3 million each year on average.
The document is a table showing visits to the UK by overseas residents from 1978 to 1999 categorized by purpose of visit. It shows that:
- Holiday visits increased over time, first exceeding 8 million in 1985 and reaching a high of over 10 million in 1995.
- Business visits totaled over 90,000 thousand from 1978 to 1999.
- While the number of visits to friends/relatives and miscellaneous visits increased over time, miscellaneous visits increased very little and remained around 3 million each year on average.
The document is a table showing visits to the UK by overseas residents from 1978 to 1999 categorized by purpose of visit. It shows that:
- Holiday visits increased over time, first exceeding 8 million in 1985 and reaching a high of over 10 million in 1995.
- Business visits totaled over 90,000 thousand from 1978 to 1999.
- While the number of visits to friends/relatives and miscellaneous visits increased over time, miscellaneous visits increased very little and remained around 3 million each year on average.
The document is a table showing visits to the UK by overseas residents from 1978 to 1999 categorized by purpose of visit. It shows that:
- Holiday visits increased over time, first exceeding 8 million in 1985 and reaching a high of over 10 million in 1995.
- Business visits totaled over 90,000 thousand from 1978 to 1999.
- While the number of visits to friends/relatives and miscellaneous visits increased over time, miscellaneous visits increased very little and remained around 3 million each year on average.
Visits to the UK by overseas residents, 1978 to 1999
Remember that in the table all the values are in thousands. For example, the number 12 647 (the total number of visits in 1978) represents 12 647 000, more than twelve million visits. Title: Visits to the UK by overseas residents, 1978 to 1999
Answer questions 1 to 5. 1 In 1985, how many visits were made to the UK for business purposes? 2 In which year did the number of holiday visits first exceed 8 000 000? 3 In 1999, there were more holiday visits than for any other category. Is that true for every year? 4 In which year was the highest number of holiday visits recorded? 5 How many visits to the UK for business purposes were recorded in total from 1978 to 1999? Discuss questions 6, 7 and 8 with a partner and write down your answer 6
From 1980 to 1995 the number of visits
to friends or relatives roughly doubled from 2 319 000 to 4 602 000. Did the number of miscellaneous visits change in the same way?
Look at the numbers of miscellaneous
visits. They changed very little over the period of this survey. Suggest a reason for this.
Since 1996 the number of holiday visits
to the UK has dropped. Why do you think that this happened?
Read page 173 to 174 and answer worksheets 7.5.3, 7.5.4 and 7.5.5
