Band 6+: The table below gives information on the number of Australian people who visited the seven most popular destinations in 1999 and 2009. Provide an overview of the information by identifying and describing the key details, and include comparisons where appropriate.

The given table illustrates the number of travellers from Australia visited the seven common destinations in two years 1999 and 2009.

In general, Australian travellers usually chose the three venues: New Zealand, the UK and the US in both years whereas China was an uncommon place in 1999, and Japan was similar in 2009. However, China experinced the highest growth rate, while the UK had the lowest rate.

The number of Australian travellers to New Zealand increased from aound 500,700 people to 1,064,000 with 113% growth rate. The UK had lower travellers from Australia in both years, with 400,000 people and 640,000 people, respectively and only growing rather than 60%. Although the US was the third popular destination from 300,000 travellers in 1999, the growth ratio of this venue was the lowest – only 33%.

Indonesia, Fiji and Japan witnessed a significant rise during the period, from 150,000 people, 120,000 people and 100,000 people,respectively with the growth rate from 114% to 150%. The number of travellers from Australia to China was only 86,000 in 1999, after ten years, this figure increased to 300,000 with 249% growth ratio.