The provided charts demonstrate the number of visitors coming to Australia from a variety of countries, namely the UK, the US, and Japan, over a decade from 1995 to 2005. In addition, the line graph shows information about some types of travel which were chosen by tourists in the same period.
Overall, it can be seen that there was a noticeable surge in the figures for the UK and the US; however, the figure for Japan faced a decline. Therefore, the number of people staying at resorts decreased at the end of the period, in contrast, backpacking increased constantly.
To begin with, the US represented the lowest number in 1995, accounting for approximately 500,000 visitors. Likewise, the UK constituted around 810,000. Interestingly, the UK and the US showed almost the same proportion in 2005, reaching 1,400,000. Japan experienced a similar proportion in 1995, accounting for 1,400,000. Thereafter, the figure for Japan declined in 2005, standing at 1,000,000.
Moreover, the proportion of backpacking increased gradually over the given period (to around 1,000,100). In contrast, the number of visitors who preferred to stay at resorts accounted for 1,500,000 at the beginning. After that, it peaked in 2000 (2,500,000).Following that, it faced a sharp decline in 2005 (approximately 1,000,100).