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 chart illustrates how many millions of Japanese tourists travelled abroad from 1985 to 1995, while the line graph gives information about the proportion of Japanese who visited Australia in the same period.

Overall, the number of Japanese travelling internationally significantly increased over the years by three times. Likewise, Australia’s share of Japan’s tourists tripled over the 10-year period.

Regarding the bar chart, in 1985 around 5 million Japanese tourists travelled abroad. This figure went up steadily till 1990, when it reached approximately 11 million, and dropped slightly a year later to just over 10 million. For the rest of the period, around 4 million more Japanese travelled internationally, reaching approximately 15 million by 1995, tripling the initial number.

According to the data on the line graph, over the period given the proportion of Japanese visiting Australia rose substantially, mimicking the increase of the bar chart. In 1985, only 2% of visitors in Australia were Japanese. This figure climbed to about 5% in 1989 before dropping to a little over 4 million in 1990. Then, the proportion of Japanese visitors gradually grew, peaking at just above 6 million in 1994 and leveling off at 6 million in the final year.