The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australia’s share of the Japanese tourist market.

The bar chart illustrates

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information about how many tourists from Japan travelled abroad during the period

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1985 and 1995. The line graph displays the percentage of

Japanese

travelers

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visiting Australia during the same period. In general, what stands out from the figures is that

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of

Japanese

people, including Australia, gained more popularity over the given period. In 1985 the number of

Japanese

citizens travelling overseas stood at more than 4 million.

This

rate highly increased and reached a peak of just 11 million in 1990.

However

, starting from 1990 there was a slight decline

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travelling among

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Japanese

citizens.

Nevertheless

, the number

then

began to climb to 1995, making up almost 16 million people.

According to

the second graph, the number of tourists visiting Australia constituted 2% in 1985. The percentage saw exponential growth of 3% until 1988.

Then

this

trend went down gradually to about 4 % in 1989. The indicator witnessed a steady climb to just over 6

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in 1993, followed by a slight fall (at 6 %).