In the line graph are reported the number of international tourist arrivals concerning different parts of the world, going fron 1990 to 2005, based on data published by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
In 1990 the number of arrivals in Sub-Saharan Africa was just below the ones in South America; this situation changed in 1995, when the first became slightly popular than the other, even though both of the figures were around 10 million; this trend kept on going at least until 2005, with Sub-Saharan Africa having around 20 million arrivals in contrast to the 15 millions of South America.
When it comes to Central and Eastern Europe and South-East Asia, the first one has always been proved to be a much popular destination, but the gap between the two surged between 1990 and 2005, going from around 10 million, with 20 million tourists travelling to South-East Asia, to almost 40 millions 15 years later, whilst 50 million tourists went to the same location.
Moreover, North America has always been the most popular destination for tourists, going from 70 million tourist arrivals in 1990 to 90 million in 2000; the number slightly decreased in the last 5 years and in 2005 the number of arrivals in North America and Central and Eastern Europe were closer than ever before.