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

number

of expenditure visitors to New

Zealand

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

NZ

dollars

.

Overall

, Australian

sojourners

accounted for the highest expenditure in New

Zealand

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

Zealand

,

whereas

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

this

, in the

last

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

sojourners

from Australia spent around 1,000

NZ

dollars

during their visit to New

Zealand

, going up to about 2,350

NZ

dollars

in 2004.

Then

, the

number

peaked in 2006 with almost 2,500

NZ

dollars

. After the

number

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

NZ

dollars

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

NZ

dollars

, but

this

number

sharply went down to about 1,300

NZ

dollars

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

NZ

dollars

, increasing slightly to exactly 500

NZ

dollars

after 8 years, plunging to around 300

NZ

dollars

4 years later, after that rising again to approximately 400

NZ

dollars

at the end

. Turning to New

Zealand

sojourners

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

NZ

dollars

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

NZ

dollars

. From 2010 to 2014, Japanese

sojourners

' spending fell to around the

number

it started at the beginning.