"Figure 5: Overseas residents’ visits by purpose, 1995 to 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Visits (thousands)" "","" "","Holiday (thousands)","Business (thousands)","Visit Friends or Relatives (thousands)","Miscellaneous (thousands)" "1995","10323","5763","4602","2849" "1996","10987","6095","4898","3182" "1997","10803","6347","5155","3209" "1998","10475","6882","5400","2988" "1999","9826","7044","5640","2884" "2000","9302","7322","5834","2750" "2001","7585","6778","5898","2574" "2002","7735","7158","6398","2888" "2003","7973","6967","6978","2797" "2004","9275","7470","7861","3149" "2005","9713","8168","8687","3401" "2006","10566","9019","9406","3722" "2007","10758","8845","9720","3456" "2008","10923","8124","9727","3113" "2009","11424","6579","8783","3103" "2010","11668","6793","8408","2935" "2011","12008","7238","8841","2710" "2012","11961","7422","8948","2752" "2013","12668","7898","9313","2813" "2014","13578","8277","9756","2766" "2015","13857","8865","10451","2943"