The bar chart compares the number of tourists who visited Australia from three countries namely UK, US and Japan in the years: 1995 and 2005, while the line graph illustrates two types of holidays preferred by visitors over the same period.
Overall, all three countries experienced an upward trend in total visitor numbers, with Western countries showing the most significant growth over the period, whereas resorts were mostly favored type of holiday towards backpacking. It is also clear that staying resort experienced a fluctuation during the decade.
In the initial year, UK accounted for 800000 tourists, being significantly higher than American visitors in that time. Both UK and US countries increased steadily to the same figure as 1.4 million in 2005. Moreover, Japanese visitors stood at around 1.2 million but showed a noticeable decrease to 1 million after a 10 year period, making it lower than the totals for the other two countries.
Turning to holiday preferences, the number of tourists staying at resorts increased steadily from around 1.5 million in 1995 to a peak of 2.5 million in about 2000. This trend, however, fell back to its original level by the end of the period. In contrast, figure for backpacking which was at roughly 300000 in 1995 experienced a continuous growth over the period, exhibiting approximately 1.3 million in 2005.