The bar chart compares the number of visitors to Australia from the UK, the US, and Japan in 1995 and 2005, while the line graph illustrates trends in two types of travel – staying at resorts and backpacking – over the same decade.
Overall, Australia saw a significant increase in tourists from the UK and the US, whereas the number of Japanese visitors declined. Regarding travel preferences, staying at resorts was consistently more popular than backpacking, despite a sharp peak in the latter around the year 2000.
In terms of origin, the UK provided the most tourists by 2005, with figures doubling from roughly 800,000 to 1.6 million. The US also saw growth, rising from approximately 500,000 to 1.1 million. Conversely, Japan, which was the leading market in 1995 with over 1.4 million visitors, saw its numbers fall to just under 1 million by 2005.
Looking at travel styles, resort stays grew steadily from just under 2 million in 1995 to approximately 2.5 million in 2000, before plateauing through 2005. Backpacking started much lower at around 300,000. It experienced a dramatic surge to nearly 2.5 million in 2000 – briefly rivaling resort stays – but then crashed back down to roughly 1 million by the end of the period.