The graph indicates the population of international travellers in various regions, including Africa, the United States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, between 1990 and 2005 respectively.
Overall
, the total Linking Words
number
 of people who went overseas displayed an upward trend during the surveyed period, in which those from Europe accounted for the largest proportion, compared to the Middle East, where only a small amount of residents went abroad.
The total Use synonyms
number
 of international tourists experienced a consistent increase, between 1990 and 2005, from nearly 449 Use synonyms
million
 to exceeding 690 Use synonyms
million
. The most drastic growth was shown in Asia and the Pacific, the figure doubled in 15 years to 135 Use synonyms
million
 in 2005. Use synonyms
Moreover
, international tourists from Europe took up the largest Linking Words
number
, from 280 Use synonyms
million
 in 1990 to 400.2 Use synonyms
million
 in 2005, compared to those from the Middle East, which accounted for the least.
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On the other hand
, the Linking Words
number
 of tourists in America underwent a slight drop between 2000 and 2005, the Use synonyms
number
 dropped from 5 Use synonyms
million
 to 113 Use synonyms
million
 in 2005.Use synonyms