The graph below gives information about international tourist arrivals in different parts of the world between 1990 and 2005.
The line chart compares how many overseas
tourist
arrivals in five places including North- America
, Central and Eastern Europe, South East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and South America
over the 15-year period from 1990 to 2005.
Generally speaking, most of the given areas experienced an upward trend. What stands out is that the total number of international tourist
arrivals in North- America
was the highest, compared to other tourist
destinations.
In the last
decade of the twentieth century, the figure for North America
was twice as much as four other places, at more than 70 million
. The number of tourist
arrivals in Centre and Eastern Europe followed with about 31 million
, whereas
in Sub-Saharan Africa and South America
, these numbers were only less than 10 million
each.
However
, the trend saw a significant change by the turn of the twenty-first century. North America
experienced a steady increase until it reached a peak at around 90 million
in 2000 then
slightly decreased in the next 5 years. By contrast
, the figure for Central and Eastern Europe rose considerably and was almost equivalent to North America
in 2005. While
South East Asia's number went up to less than 50 million
, the figure for Sub-Saharan Africa was a bit higher than South America
's by 5 million
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