The table describes the changes of people who went for international travel in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. (million). Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table displays the

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of

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from different regions around the world who travelled internationally between 1990 and 2005.

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, the total

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of

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that travelled internationally increased significantly over the period.

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, Europe accounted for the largest

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of international

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in all year. In 1990, over 280

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Europeans travelled internationally,

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80

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Americans and 60

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people

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from Asia and the Pacific

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travelled abroad.

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, 18.2

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Africans travelled in that year too,

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the figure for the Middle East was only around half of that, at 9.8

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. Over the following fifteen years, the

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of European

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continued to rise, peaking at 400.2

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in 2005. The

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of international

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from Asia and the Pacific grew quickly, rising from 80.3

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in 1995 to nearly 140

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in 2005. Meanwhile, the

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of American

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peaked at 118.2

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in 2000, before dropping 5

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to 113.2 in 2005. The figures for the remaining regions

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increased over the period, with African

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accounting for 28.7

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and those from the Middle East at 15.8

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.