The bar chart presents the amount of UK travelers visiting either Thailand or Greece over a four year period.
Overall, both countries saw drops and increases in tourism over time. Although Thailand saw an initial downturn, visiting travelers rose year on year thereafter. Greece saw big fluctuations in the numbers of people arriving in their country throughout the period.
The total numbers of UK tourists visiting Thailand in 2010 stood at 3.5 million, considerably higher than Greece at that time. However, in the following year, this number dropped by around 500,000 people, which was lower than Greece’s figure that same year. From here on, the figure gradually rose by 500,000 visits per year, resulting in a final total of 4,000,000 people visiting Thailand in 2013. This was also the highest amount of yearly visits in the four year span.
Greece’s total number of visits made to the country fluctuated largely throughout the four years. Beginning in 2010, the total amount of visits by UK travellers stood at 2.5 million. This rocketed to slightly under 4.5 million in 2011. Then in the following year, this figure more than halved, to around 1.8 million. Finally by 2013, the total amount of UK tourists visiting Greece increased to 3 million tourists, a million below the total number of visits in Thailand.