The phrase "the purpose of the visit" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when talking about why someone or a group of people has come to a certain place. For example: "The team came to the office to discuss business opportunities; the purpose of the visit was to find a new supplier."
The purpose of the visit, the detectives said, was to inquire about a missing cellphone and necklace.
Lionel is so lovely, it's hard to focus on the purpose of the visit – a health screen to see how he's doing after a recent exacerbation of gout.
Hambleton said most visits to the GP were very "reasonable and helpful", with only a minority causing doctors to question the purpose of the visit.
The purpose of the visit was to map a couple of chambers & to explore some of the underground regions not yet investigated.
But in the report by the New China News Agency, the Chinese government essentially said the purpose of the visit was to start a "terrorist cell".
Do I turn my back on them and walk out and destroy the purpose of the visit, or do I look like a fool, toasting with the Chinese?
It did not fully explain the purpose of the visit, though the department said that witnesses would be brought from Iraq to testify at the trial.
The purpose of the visit is to make a selection from among Samaras's new acrylic paintings for an eight-page spread in the Summer issue of Artforum.
The purpose of the visit was to discuss James Baldwin, about whom I was writing a book and with whom Richard Wright had had a fractious, father-and-son relationship.
The news magazine Der Spiegel reported tonight in its online edition that officials had discovered that Mr. Motassadeq spent time in Karachi, Pakistan, in the summer of last year, though the purpose of the visit was not known.
The West Australian MP said the purpose of the visit to Poland was to "examine the bilateral relationship, including economic opportunities for Australian businesses, and to examine matters to do with the political stability of eastern Europe".
