The graph below shows the annual visitor spend for visitors to New Zealand from 5 countries for the years 1996 - 2014

The given line graph depicts how much it costs for visitors to visit New Zealand from foreign countries,

such

as Australia, the USA, the UK, Japan and China in 9 years from 1996 to 2014.

Overall

, it can be seen that Australian tourists headed the list over the given period,

while

the majority of China's expenses accounted for the lowest position. Australia started at just over 1,000

NZS

in 1996 and relatively increased to reach a peak of almost 2,500

NZS

in 2006, before falling dramatically in the next year

then

climbing to about 2,200

NZS

in 2010, after which it dropped to around 2,000

NZS

in

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the end of the period. From

this

figure, there is one country that shares a familiar trend with Australia, the USA

also

consistently increased to its peak of around 1,600

NZS

before witnessing a decline in 2014. Japan and the UK share the same cost in 1996 around 500

NZS

. Despite Japan's tourist expense more

initially

,

this

was surpassed by England's visitors in 2008.

On the other hand

, China showed a steady growth with over 500

NZS

until 2004 before experiencing a fall in 2008

then

continued with a gradual increase to around 400

NZS

in 2014.