Nowadays, international tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Unfortunately, international tourism creates tension rather than understanding between people from different cultures. What extent do you agree or disagree?

The bar chart compares the different ages of people living in Iceland between 1990 and 2020. All in all, the
size
of the 25-54
age
group
increased the most over the period while the
size
of the two younger
age
groups decreased a little bit. The number of people in the two older
age
groups stayed about the same. The 25-54
age
group
grew from approximately a
third
of the
population
in 1990 to nearly half of the
population
in 2020. The older two
age
groups did not increase or decrease much. The
size
of the 65 and over
age
group
remained at about 13%, whereas the
size
of the 55 -64
age
group
only fell from about 14% to about 10% of the
population
.
By contrast
, the 0-14
age
group
fell from just over 25% in 1990 to just under 20% in 2020.
Similarly
, the 15-24
age
group
dropped from just over 20% of the
population
in 1990 to just under 10% of the
population
in 2020.
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