The number of tourists visiting Malaysia and Dubai from 1995 to 2003 is presented below. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown in the diagrams below.

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The given chart compares the information of travellers who visited
Malaysia
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and
Dubai
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in 8 years. All the categories
measured
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in
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thousand
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thousands
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. By and large, the
proportions
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proportion
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of
tourists
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in
Dubai
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rose gradually over 8 years
while
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the number of
tourists
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in
Malaysia
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was an upward trend over the period. Around 100
thousand
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tourists
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visited
Malaysia
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in 1995 and it was more than double who visited
Dubai
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at
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in
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the same
year
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. Next
year
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,
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the visited
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visited
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Malaysia
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to Malaysia
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increased slightly
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decreased
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decreasing
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in
Dubai
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.
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, the
tourist
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number of tourists
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in both countries climbed to around 200
thousand
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in
past
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the past
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two years. In 1998 the number of travellers in
Dubai
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declined slightly to around 50
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before rapidly increasing to approximately 325
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in 2001 and both of the countries met at the same point in
this
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year
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. Next
year
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,
tourists
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in
Dubai
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decreased slightly and climbed to 400
thousand
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in
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last
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the last
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period
while
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it
was
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dropped suddenly
of
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from
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tourists
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in
Malaysia
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to around 250
thousand
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in
last
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year
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