The line graph depicts the data regarding tourist departures in various parts of the globe. The scale is in millions.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that North America, Central and Eastern Europe and South East Asia rose gradually with some oscillations, while Sub-Saharan Africa and South America increased rapidly with almost same number of tourists.
In 1990, North America had around 71 million tourists and it took a sudden upsurge till 2000 and reached approximately 90 million. After that it dropped slightly to 89 million in 2005. In contrast, South-East Asia rose substantially from 20 million to almost 32 million between 1990 and 2000. It took a dramatic increase and touched a peak of around 50 million in 2005. Central and Eastern Europe stood at roughly 30 million in 1990 and among rest of the categories. It rose considerably and reached almost to 85 million after fifteen years.
Sub-Saharan Africa had around 9 million tourists in 1990 and it continuously grew till end without any fluctuations. In 2005, it was accounted at around 19 million. South -America stood at same as Sub-Saharan Africa in the beginning it follow the same trend as Sub-Saharan Africa but it was comparatively lower than Sub-Saharan Africa and it stood at around 19 million in 2005.