The table describes the changes of people who went for international travel in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. (million).

The table compares the number of overseas tourists from 5 different

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in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.

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all five

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, including the totality, saw an increase in foreign arrivals over the course of 15 years, with the exception of a drop in America’s figures by 2005.

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Europe recorded the highest number of visitors outside the country each year, the Middle East and Africa welcomed a noticeably lower number of international visits than the remaining regions. Starting at the only figure out of 5

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above 250

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in 1990, Europe witnessed a significant rise by around 100

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visits in 5 following years, followed by a steady climb to 400.2

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foreigners a decade later. America and Asia and the Pacific both followed a similar upward trend, only to a much lesser extent.

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, America’s figures slightly fell to 113.2

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at the end

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of the period. The Middle East attracted the least international foreigners in the first year, with only 9.8

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. Africa was the second least popular destination whose figures roughly doubled that of the Middle East. Both regions saw a slow rise over the given years, up to 15.8 and 28.7

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respectively. The totality of visitors in all

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climbed sharply from 448.9 to 615.2

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by 1995 and remained a gradual growth in the next decade.