The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors to three different areas in a European country between 1987 and 2007 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph illustrates how many

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visit three different areas in a European country from 1987 to 2007. The areas shown are the coast, the mountains and the lakes.

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, it can clearly be seen that most

of

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the

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tourists

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visit the coast,

while

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less

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of

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visit the mountains. First of all, the

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coast

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visitors

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was 40

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people in 1987.

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the

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started to fall significantly reaching almost 35

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in 1992. By far, it continued to increase gradually year by year reaching higher than 70

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tourists

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in 2007.

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the mountains, the

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of people visiting them was 20

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in 1987. Interestingly, the digit kept jumping until landing on 30

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traveller

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in 1997. After that, the form remained constant for a year

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but began to rise ending with 35

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in 2007.

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, the

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lakes reached 10

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people in 1987 which was the least

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of travellers among the other areas. Surprisingly, it made a move in going up sharply reaching approximately 75

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visitors

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in 2002. Unfortunately, the

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of

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declined in 2007 landing

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exactly 50

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tourists

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.