The given table compares data about the numbers of Australian citizens who travelled to the 7 famous
destinations
in 7 different countries in 1999 and 2009.
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Overall
, it is clear from the table that in both given years, the most famous country to visit was New Zealand among Australians; Linking Words
however
, China was the least interesting to the overseas visitors from Linking Words
Australia
.
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To begin
with, in 1999, New Zealand welcomed 500,700 visitors from Linking Words
Australia
; these figures tripled in 2009 and have reached nearly 1 billion overseas tourists , and the growth rate was marked as 113%. The UK was the second most popular country to visit the Use synonyms
destinations
with the number of 400 thousand people travelling from Use synonyms
Australia
in 1999; the USA had fewer (300,000) tourists Use synonyms
this
year. These numbers slightly changed to 640,000 and 400,000, respectively , in 2009.
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In contrast
, Asian countries were the least preferred by tourists from Linking Words
Australia
. In 1999, Indonesian Use synonyms
destinations
were visited by only 150,000 overseas visitors and in 2009, Use synonyms
this
figure doubled to 340,000 , with the growth rate more than that of New Zealand (127%). Fiji and Japan followed similar patterns. Australian citizens were least interested in travelling to China to see the Linking Words
destinations
(86,000) in 1999; despite Use synonyms
this
, the figure increased noticeably in 2009, reaching 300,000 , with the growth more than in every country (249%).Linking Words