The bar chart illustrates the variation of tourism to Australia from 3 various countries from 1995 and a later decade, while the line graph gives information about the preferences of the tourists about the types of travel throughout the same period.
Overall, it can be inferred from the chart that although the UK and the US shared the largest and also same proportions in 2005, Japan had the lowest percentages. On the other hand, this country had the same rates with the other two countries in 1995. Moreover, while the figures of the people who preferred backpacking saw steady but significant increase, the rates of the resorts’ clients showed upward trend in the first period but declined dramatically towards to the end end of the period.
In 1995, while Japanese tourists showed the highest indicators at 1,500,000, the tourists of the US had the lowest percentages at around 500,000, and UK at a moderate level with 800,000. Compared to 1995, Japan showed the least figures in 2005. By contrast, while the UK and US shared small proportions in 1995, they reached a peak with the same rates in 2005, at around 1,500,000.
The numbers of tourists who preferred to stay at resorts started the period at 1,500,000. Then this figure increased sharply and reached the highest level in 2000 at 2,500,000. However, this trend collapsed at the end of the period at just above 1,000,000. While the backpackers commenced the period with the lowest figures, this trend showed upward tendency and reached the same level with the other type of tourists at the end of the period.