The line graph reveals the trend of visits to Australia by overseas residents, and the table compares the change in number of visitors from 6 countries in the period from 1975 to 2005.
Overall, it could be seen that the period saw a consistent increase in the number of tourists, and Japan was the largest origin of visitors to Australia.
In terms of total number of visitors, the number tripled in the 30 years after 1975, when only 8.8 million came to Australia. After that, it increased to 16 million in 1985 before further climbing to 24 million in 1995. In 2005, more than 30 million visited Australia annually.
Regarding origins, Japan dominated in the number of total visitors, with 3.2 million in 1975 and 12.0 million in 2005, which is nearly four times when compared to 30 years ago and more than the sum of all visits from the other five countries. The remaining countries also saw a large increase. The number of visitors to Australia soared from 1.1 million in 1975 to 4.5 million in 2005, whereas the visitors from China tripled to 0.8 million in 2005.
