The bar chart illustrates how many tourists visit Australia from the UK, the US and Japan and the line graph shows the types of travels from 1995 to 2005.
Overall, the number of tourists to Australia from the UK and the US increased significantly, while the figure for Japan declined. Regarding types of travels, backpacking was consistently more popular than staying at resorts before 2005.
Looking first at the bar chart, it is clear that the number of visitors from the UK witnessed a triple rose to 1,500,000 between 1995 and 2005. Similarly, the UK’s figure saw a significant increase of around 500,000 in this period. In contrast, the number of tourists who are from Japan declined rapidly from 1,500,000 to 1,000,000 over 10 years.
Turning to types of travels, in 1995, backpacking stood at 1,500,000. This figure then rose to a peak of about 2,400,000 in 2000 before falling sharply by roughly 1,300,000 in the next 5 years. On the other hand, the number of tourists staying at resorts grew steadily from 300,000 in 1995 to just over 1,500,000 in 2005. By 2005, the number of backpackers and resort tourists became nearly equal, both standing at approximately 1,100,000.