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 chart displays the

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of expenditure visitors to New

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from 5 different countries spent between 1996 and 2014. The units are measured in

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dollars

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.

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, Australian

sojourners

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accounted for the highest expenditure in New

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tourism for the entire period. USA, UK, and Australian visitors had a relatively stable tendency of spending in New

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,

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Japanese and Chinese expenditures fluctuated a lot throughout the given period. Despite

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, in the

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year, among other nations, only China had an increase in its line. In 1996,

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from Australia spent around 1,000

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dollars

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during their visit to New

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, going up to about 2,350

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dollars

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in 2004.

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, the

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peaked in 2006 with almost 2,500

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dollars

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. After the

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experienced both a decline and a rise in 4 years, the amount of their spending decreased significantly by 2014. In terms of Americans, they spent approximately 700

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in 1996, and it remained at the same level until there was a gradual growth in 2004. Suddenly, their expenditure rocked to around 1,700

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, but

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sharply went down to about 1,300

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in 2014. The figure shows that the initial quantity Chinese visitors spent was roughly 100

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dollars

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, increasing slightly to exactly 500

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dollars

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after 8 years, plunging to around 300

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4 years later, after that rising again to approximately 400

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at the end

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. Turning to New

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from Japan, their largest layout was in 2002 at more than 1,000

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dollars

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, annually descending until 2008 before showing a slight escalation to approximately 600

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dollars

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. From 2010 to 2014, Japanese

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' spending fell to around the

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it started at the beginning.