The bar chart compares the number of foreign tourists visiting XCountry from four regions in 2007 and 2008, while the table presents the annual income of various tourism-related businesses in 2019 and 2020.
Overall, tourist arrivals declined across all regions in 2008 compared with the previous year, with the most significant fall observed among visitors from the US and Canada. Likewise, tourism income dropped sharply in every sector in 2020, particularly in hotels and resorts.
In 2007, China and Japan were the largest source of tourists, attracting around 3 million visitors, followed by Australia with approximately 2.7 million. Europe and the US & Canada recorded slightly lower but similar figures, at just over 2 million each. By 2008, however, visitor numbers decreased notably in all regions. The US and Canada experienced the steepest decline, falling to well below 1 million tourists. Europe also saw a considerable drop to about 1 million, while arrivals from China and Japan and Australia decreased more moderately to around 2 million and 2.4 million respectively.
Turning to income figures, hotels and resorts generated the highest revenue in 2019 at 3.5 million dollars, but this fell dramatically to 0.5 million in 2020. Revenue from restaurants, bars and souvenir shops was halved, while transportation services recorded a sharp decline. In contrast, tour guides and small vendors were the least affected, showing only a slight reduction in earnings.