The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australia’s share of the Japanese tourist market. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The bar chart illustrates how many

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travellers flew overseas during a period of ten years commencing from 1985 to 1995.

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, the line graph shows the trend in the proportion of

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tourists who visited

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over the same period.

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, it is readily apparent that the rate of

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tourists who travelled abroad,

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Australia

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's share of

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travellers increased significantly between 1985 and 1995.

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with,

it is clear that

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the number of

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tourists stood at about 5

million

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in 1985, followed by a sudden increase to 11

million

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after half a decade in 1990.

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, there was a gradual decline in

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amount by almost 1

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in 1991. In the following years, the proportion of

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citizens visiting other nations significantly grew and peaked at moderately below 16

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in 1995. Shifting to the second chart, a glance at the graph shows that

Australia

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only received 2% of

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people in 1985.

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percentage experienced a continual rise between 1985 and 1988. Despite a sudden fall in 1989, we can see that the percentage of travellers who chose

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as a travel destination recovered from about 4% to just above 6% in 1994.

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,

at the end

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of the period,

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number slowly decreased to 6% in 1995.