You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words.

The table displays the

number

of

people

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

Overall

, the total

number

of

people

that travelled internationally increased significantly over the period.

Additionally

, Europe accounted for the largest

number

of international

travellers

in all year. In 1990, over 280

million

Europeans travelled internationally,

while

80

million

Americans and 60

million

people

from Asia and the Pacific

also

travelled abroad.

Furthermore

, 18.2

million

Africans travelled in that year too,

while

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

million

. Over the following fifteen years, the

number

of European

travellers

continued to rise, peaking at 400.2

million

in 2005. The

number

of international

travellers

from Asia and the Pacific grew quickly, rising from 80.3

million

in 1995 to nearly 140

million

in 2005. Meanwhile, the

number

of American

travellers

peaked at 118.2

million

in 2000, before dropping 5

people

to 113.2 in 2005. The figures for the remaining regions

also

increased over the period, with African

travellers

accounting for 28.7

million

and those from the Middle East at 15.8

million

.