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 given line graph depicts information about how many foreigners visited three separate regions in a European nation, during the span of a 20-year period from 1987 to 2007.

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, the most notable detail is that those three regions all attracted an increasing number of foreigners.

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, the lakes’ tourist figures witnessed the most dramatic change among those given. In more detail, at approximately 10,000 visitors in 1987, the

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of foreign

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who were attracted to the lakes gradually rose to around 50,000 in 2000, before peaking at approximately 75,000 tourists in 2002,

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dropped back down to approximately 50,000 people in 2007. With regards to tourist numbers in coastal and mountainous areas, the

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figures increased,

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mountainous areas remained the least attractive travel option out of the three. In 1987, the number of those who chose the coast as a travel destination stood at 40,000, compared to only 20,000

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who went to the mountains. In the next 14 years, the coast witnessed a slight decrease in the

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of visitors by a few thousand, which was followed by a significant climb to around 60,000 people,

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the number of those visiting mountainous areas went up remarkably to 30,000 in 2001. In the final 6 years,

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of overseas tourists going to the coast rose moderately to above 70,000, there was a slight climb in those who paid a visit to the mountains to about 35,000.