The chart below shows numbers of adults participating in different major sports in one area in 1997 and 2017 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

The given bar chart compares the number of participants in popular sports in 1997 to 20 years later.

Overall, most people take part in gentle walking in both two years; moreover, the data recorded in 2017 seems to be slight higher than in 1997.

In 1997, some dramatic differences happened mostly in gentle walking (50 thousand people) and basketball (nearly 10 thousands), apart from these two sports, other ones, such as criket, jogging, gym, football and hiking, remain little gap between 28 to 35 thousand participants.

On the other hand, more differences and changes occured in 2017. For increasing trend, gentle walking achieved approximately 55 thousand people, which is the highest number compared to other sports in both years. Additionally, basketball, football and hiking rise by more than 10 thousands each. For decreasing trend, only one sport, cricket, had a big drop down to eight thousands in 2017. The two left which are jogging and gym remained unchanged.