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 line chart provides information about how many foreign travellers to three different areas in a European country between 1987 and 2007.

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, there was an increase in the number of overseas tourists going to the

coast

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, the mountains and the lakes in a European nation, with the figure for the

coast

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being the highest throughout the duration. In the first five years, a decrease can be seen in the number of international holidaymakers choosing the

coast

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from 40.000 to about 35.000, before rising significantly and reaching 75.000 in 2007. A similar trend, but to a lesser extent, was seen in the number of overseas visitors to the mountains, which grew from 20.000 in 1987 to around 35.000

at the end

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of the period.

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, just 10.000 travellers went to the lakes in a European nation in 1987, followed by it increased strongly to 60.000 in 1997. In 2000,

this

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area surpassed the

coast

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as a sector attracting reign holidaymakers the most, before ending the period at 50.000.