The line graph illustrates the amount of visitor spend for visitors to New Zealand from 5 countries over a period of eighteen years between 1996 and 2014.

The line graph illustrates the amount of visitor spend for visitors to New Zealand from 5 countries over a period of eighteen years between 1996 and 2014.
The line graph illustrates the amount of visitor spend for
visitors
to New Zealand from 5
countries
over a period of eighteen years between 1996 and 2014.
Overall
, during
this
eighteen-year period, Australia remained the biggest spenders among
visitors
, with all four
countries
spending much less on them. In 1996 China spent the least amount of money
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visitors
,
while
Japan and the UK spent about as much as each other.
However
, by 2004, the gap in spending between these two
countries
had widened and considerably more money was spent in the USA than in Japan. As can be seen from the graph, the amount of
visitors
spent increased between 2004 and 2008 in three
countries
but dropped dramatically in Japan and
In
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China. The period between 2008 and 2010 saw a sharp growth.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • illustrates
  • visitor spend
  • over a period of
  • eighteen years
  • between 1996 and 2014
  • general trend
  • observed
  • increase
  • decrease
  • fluctuations
  • a breakdown of
  • spending habits
  • comparison
  • highest spenders
  • lowest spenders
  • possible reasons
  • economic conditions
  • tourism promotions
  • significant events
  • specific significant peaks
  • drops in spending
  • corresponding years
  • impact of external factors
  • global financial crisis
  • natural disasters
  • summarizing
  • overall trend
  • implications
  • tourism industry
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