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

What has been depicted in the line chart is the

amount

of expenditure by visitors from five different countries to New Zealand in separate years,1996 and 2014.

Overall

, the

amount

of expenditure in

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Australia ranked

first,

while

that of China stood at the

last

in the

amount

allocated.

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, despite an upward

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in most countries over the given period, Japan remained unchanged. The

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of money

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paid by Australia in the first decade

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gradual increase, starting at 1000, and finishing at 2500, which was the highest value among other nations, and

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next 8 years, it  moderately decreased, which was at 2000 in 2014,

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by USA started at almost 800, and in 2010 it had the highest portion (1700 ), and it witnessed

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approximately 500 reduction at the  end of

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.

In contrast

, by 2004, the

amount

of money spent on China had minimally risen (500), which was the highest value in its entire range, and

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following 10 years, it a slow declined. Both Japan and

United

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Kingdom had the same exact number as in the beginning, which was just below 500. Both of them followed an opposite pattern to each other from 1996 to 2006, and they reached

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around 800 in 2007, after which the UK continued to rise and stood at

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nearly

near

1200

at the end

,

while

the UK dropped slightly and reached 600 in 2014.