Band 7+: The charts below show the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad between 1985 and 1995 and Australias share of the Japanese tourist market. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The bar charts illustrate the number of Japanese tourists who travelled from 1985 to 1995, and Australia’s share of Japan’s tourist market.

Overall, it can be observed that the number of Japanese tourists increased generally over a 10-year period. Consequently, the Australia’s share of Japan’s tourist market rose notably at that time.

As far as Japanese tourist’s quantity is concerned, it stood at around 5 million individuals in 1985, then increased gradually to approximately 15 million in 1990. Then after a slight decrease by 1m in the next year, it rose to just under 12m in 1992, and approximately remained unchanged for a year after that. Following that, it experienced a steady increase to 13.5m and then rose sharply to around 15.5m in 1995.

In the case of the percentage of tourists who went to Australia, it began at 2% in 1985, and increased steadily to just under 5% in 1988. After decreasing to 4%, it rose gradually to above 6% in 1993. Following that, it decreased by around 0.5% in 1994.