The table illustrates the number of australian citizens that travelled to the seven most known destinations between the year 1999 and 2009.
Overall, New zealand has the highest number of visitors in both years, with the numbers being increased by the double, Which makes it the most popular destination in Australia. While China was the least popular country in 1999, the namber of visitors increased by almost quadrable, which makes it the fifth popular country in 2009.
In 1999, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States were the most popular destinations in Australia with the number of visitors 500,000 , 400,000 and 300,000 respectively. Indonesia, Fiji, Japan and China were less popular, specially China being the least with only 86,000 visitors.
In 2009, New Zealand remain the most desirable destination with a growth rate of 113%. United Kingdom and United States also remain in second and third, despite the growth rate being the lowest at 60% and 33% respectively. China has the highest growth rate of all with a massive 249%, leading to 300,000 visitors by 2009, which makes it the fifth visiting country by Australian citizen after being the least known destination.
