The line chart illustrates the number of foreign tourists visited in three countries, namely France, USA, and Japan from 2000 to 2020.
Overall, France accounted for the highest number of international tourists throughout the period. While the number of tourists for Japan increased steadily, the contrasting trend was observed for the USA.
In 2000, France experienced the most leading international tourist at 75 million, followed by 60 million and approximately 15 million for USA and Japan, respectively. Thus, the number of tourists for France was almost one and half folds as high as the figure for USA and around five times that for Japan. By 2010, France’s figure had risen gradually by 15 million, reaching a peak of 90 million. Japan showed a substantial increase to reach 30 million from only about 4 million, whereas the figure for USA declined rapidly by 10 million, level to 50 million.
From 2010 onwards. France’s figure decreased by only 5 million, stood at 85 million in 2020, retaining its dominancy till the end of the period. Meanwhile, the figures for Japan and the USA converged at around 44 million in 2014. Afterwards, Japan competed its figure by increased to 55 million in 2020, but USA’s figure fell to 40 million, representing Japan as the second highest figure in 2020.
