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The graph below shows the annual visitor spend for visitors to new Zealand from 5 countries for the years 1996 to 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the annual visitor spend for visitors to new Zealand from 5 countries for the years 1996 to 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The provided line chart illustrates the amount of expenditure of tourists from five different countries namely Australia,
USA
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the USA
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,
UK
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the UK
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, Japan, and China, to New Zealand
since
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 1996 until 2014.
Overall
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, Australia allocated the highest expenditure of tourism to New Zealand from the beginning to the end,
while
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 China had the lowest (except 2001-2005).
To begin
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with
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 Australia spent the highest cost of visitors to New Zealand with the peak at 2,450
NZ
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$ respectively.
In contrast
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, China had the lowest spending and got the lowest peak in 1996 (at 100
NZ
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$, respectively).
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,
USA
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the USA
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 was in
the
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apply
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second place which started and ended below 2,000
NZ
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$. It exhibited a fluctuating pattern.
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, Japan and
UK
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the UK
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 had similar trends, which were
a
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fluctuation trends. Japan was ranked number three
since
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from
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 1996 until 2006 (with
the
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an
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 average cost under 1,500
NZ
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$), but it was passed by
UK
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the UK
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 which
were
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finished in
the
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apply
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third place
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at
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in
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 the end.

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Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words nz with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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