Illustrated in the graph is the number of international tourists arriving in North America, Central and Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South America from 1990 to 2005.
Overall, the proportion of tourist arrivals in the five parts of the world increased in different trends over the period in question. Additionally, the quantity of millions of international guests in North America was the highest at the beginning of the period in contrast to the lowest in South America.
Looking at the details, as regards North America, the number of tourists from other countries rose markedly to 90 million in 2000 and plateaued until 2005. Following that, the proportion in Southeast Asia went up moderately from 20 to 50 million over a fifteen-year period. The trend in Central and Eastern Europe tripled sharply.
Regarding the quantity of foreign tourists in South America and Sub-Saharan Africa, it was at 9 million. Throughout the period, in the last two parts of the world, it followed a similar trend and had steady growth to 17 and 22 million, respectively.