The line graph compares how many foreigners travelled to five different countries from 1990 to 2005.
Overall, every country saw an increase in the total international arrivals over the period shown. In addition, of the five countries, the number of foreign travellers in North America and Central and Eastern Europe was the highest in each year.
In 1990, over 70 million tourists visited North America, more than twice as many as the next most popular destination shown, Central and Eastern Europe. However, between 2000 and 2005 there was a decrease of approximately 5 million in the numbers going to North America whereas there was an increase of nearly 20 million tourists visiting Central and Eastern Europe. The result was that in 2005 the number of tourists arriving in North America and Central and Eastern Europe was almost equal at around 90 million each.
The number of tourists visiting South-East Asia rose steadily over the whole period but by 2005 the total was still under 50 million. The regions with the fewest tourist arrivals were South America and Sub-Saharan Africa. The number of tourists going there was similar between 1990 and 1995 but after that there was a greater increase in tourists going to Sub-Saharan Africa than to South America.