The table below gives data on tourists visiting in Vietnam from 8 different countries.

The table illustrates how many people from 8 countries visited Vietnam from 2009 to 2010. Units are measured in

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and percentage of change.

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, it can clearly be seen that there was little or no growth of the total tourists from all the countries with the exception of Germany, China and Turkey.

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, in Hong Kong, the

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of

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decreased in one year. In terms of the region that witnessed a big progress in the

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of tourists, Germany held the first position. It started at 10 in 2009,

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drastically rose by 109 per cent to 24 in 2010.

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,

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from Turkey and China stood at 32 and 22, respectively. The

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grew to 46 for Turkey and to 34 for China. Regarding the other regions, the

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of people who went to Vietnam experienced a little or no change.

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from France remained steady at 76 in two years,

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the other countries slightly increased. In 2009, the tourist population hit 66 (the USA), 55 (Spain), 55 (the UK), and 44 (Italy). In 2010, the

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got to 67 (the USA), 56 (Spain), 57 (the UK), and 45 (Italy).