The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australia's share of the Japanese tourist market. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The bar chart illustrates the number of

Japanese

overseas travellers from 1985 to 1995,

whereas

, the line graph illustrates the proportion of

Japanese

tourists

who come to Australia in these times. Looking from an

overall

perspective, the number of

tourists

from Japan increased sharply per year,

although

, the percentage of Japan's tourist market rose slightly. The number of

tourists

from Japan, that were travelling abroad, was increasing linearly over the period from almost 5

million

people in 1985 to nearly 11

million

people in 1990.

Then

, the dynamics rose gradually for the next three years reaching 12

million

visitors. For the

last

2 years, from 1994 to 1995, there was a rapid rise of

tourists

to just over 16

million

people. The Australian government hosted around 2% of all the

Japanese

visitors that were travelling in 1985. Over the period from 1985 to 1988 the proportions rose from 2% to approximately 5%, but the next year it decreased by nearly 1%. Largely, from 1989 to 1995, the percentage of

Japanese

tourists

displayed a steady upward trend.