The graph shows the contribution of tourism in billions of dollars to the Egyptian economy from 1982 to 2003. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph shows the contribution of tourism in billions of dollars to the Egyptian economy from 1982 to 2003.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the income from tourism in billions of
dollars
to the economy of Egypt over 21 years.
Overall
, there was an increase in income from 1982 to 2000,
then
followed by a decrease until 2003. The
contribution
of tourism started the period at the lowest point of about 0.2
billion
dollars
, and
then
in 1993, it showed a significant increase to 1.8
billion
dollars
. In the years 1995 and 1997, the level of
contribution
continued to rise to 2.2 and 2.9
billion
dollars
respectively. Even though, the
contribution
reached a high point at 4.3
billion
dollars
in 2000, a quick decline happened in the following years.
However
, from 2001 to 2002, it remained fairly constant at the level of about 3.7
billion
dollars
.
At the end
of the period, the
contribution
dropped to 1.8
billion
dollars
,
for instance
, which was the same level in 1993.
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