Band 6+: The line graph below shows the number of annual visits to Australia by overseas residents. The table below gives information on the country of origin where the visitors came from. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information given. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph, combined with the table depict the number of foreign visitors who travel to Australia categorized by nationality , during the years 1975 and 2005. Overall, it is discernible that there has seen an increasing in the number of travellers , most of them coming from South Korea and Japan.

From a closer perspective, only 10 millions visitors traveled to Australia in 1975. However, the figure rose consistently to over 15 millions in 1985 and under 25 millions in 1995, before reaching more than 30 millions by the years 2005.

Turning to other features, Japan had the highest figure of visitors which accounted for 3.2 million in 1975 and 9.1 million in 2005 , followed by South Korea with 2.9 million in 1975 and 12.0 million in 2005. On the contrary, China took the least number of visitors, constituting 0.3 million in 1975 and 0.8 million in 2005. The same pattern can be observed in the figure for USA just 0.4 in 1975 and 1.1 million 2005. In 1975, around 0.9 million Britain visitors came to the Australia; however, in 2005, it then increased by 2 million . Similarly, European just stood 1.1 million in 1975 before rising to 4.4 million in 2005.