The table describes the changes of people who went for international travel in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 (in millions).

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for international travellers from various regions in four different

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, the total

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of people travelling internationally increased over the 15-year period. Only America had fluctuated

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the

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for other regions grew steadily over the

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. The total

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of international visitors increased by over 200

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after 15

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. Europe had the most numerous amount of travellers, which were 280.2

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in 1990, and

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rose to 400.2

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in 2005. The

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for Asia Pacific started off at 60.2

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grew gradually to 135.8

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at the end

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of the study period. Africa and

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East were the two regions that contributed the least to the total

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of international travellers, which were just one-third and one-sixth of that in Asia Pacific, respectively.

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, a constant growth was seen, as their

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almost doubled in 2005, compared to those in 1990.

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for America witnessed a slight fluctuation over the

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. Specifically, the

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of visitors stood at 80.5

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in 1990,

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slowly rose to peak at 118.2

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in 2000.

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shrank to 113.2

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5

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