Given is a line graph illustrating the number of international visitors travelling to three different spots in Europe, namely the coast, mountains and lakes in the period of 20 years since 1987.
In general, it is evident that while the figure for the coast and mountains went up, the data on the lakes decreased. Besides, the coast was the most popular among overseas visitors.
Regarding the lakes, at the beginning of the period, the number of people choosing to travel to this place was the lowest, indicated by 10 thousand people. From 1987 to 1992, there witnessed a significant rise in the figure, at 40 thousand people. The number of visitors then increased and reached a peak, at over 70 thousand people in the next 15 years, after declining significantly to 50 thousand people at the end of the period.
In terms of the coast, the data slightly increased to 30 thousand people in 1997 and then it remained unchanged, before growing significantly to 35 thousand people in 2007. As regards the mountains, 40 thousand people chose to visit this place in 1987. After 5 years, the number of international visitors declined slightly to 38 thousand people, followed by a rapid growth to over 70 thousand and the mountains became the most attractive place among overseas tourists in 2007.