The graphs give us the number of Japanese people who went abroad between 1985 to 1995 and the rate of Japanese tourist coming to Australia in the form of percentage.
Overall, the number of Japanese people travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 increased gradually, except the slight decrease in 1991. The percentage of people visiting Australia from Japan also went up steadily although this trend showed a little decline in 1989 and 1994.
When looked in more detail, the number of people going abroad from Japan was as low as 5 million in 1985. This number increased slowly and doubled in 1990 with almost 12 million people. Although this number fell slightly to 10 million approximately in 1991, it went on increasing in the following years and reached the value of nearly 16 million people in 1995.
Australia’s share of Japan’s tourist market was only 2 percent in 1985, however this rate increased significantly to nearly 5 percent in 1988. Even though the rate fell slightly to 4 percent in 1989, it gradually went up again and reached slightly over 6 percent in 1993. Later in 1994, there was an insignificant fall to 6 percent.