The given table illustrates the number of people visiting various destinations in 1996, 1998 and 2000.
Overall, there were decreases in the number of travellers going to all sites, except for Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve, Macquarie Island, which registered a slight decrease. Notably, the Great Barrier Reef was the most favoured tourist destination.
Regarding the largest popular destinations, the Great Barrier Reef was the leading destination, at 1,670,000 in 1996, closely followed by Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve and Blue Mountains, at 810,000 and 526,00, respectively, in 1996. 2 years later, a contrast trend was witnessed in the figures for the great barrier reef, central eastern rainforest reserve and Blue Mountains.To be more specific, while the number of people going to Great Barrier Reef and Blue Mountains increased to 2,950,000 and 565,000, respectively, the figure for and Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve decreased to 790,000.Simarlaly, the number of visitors visiting Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve continued to decrease to 770,000 in the meantime, the data for Great Barrier Reef and Blue Mountains rose to 3,200,000 and 582,000, respectively. The pecking order amongst 3 sites remained unchanged during the period.
In terms of the lowest favoured places, Tasmania Wilderness was the leading location, at 450,000 in 1996, closely followed by Shark Bay and Macquarie Island, with 84,000 and 350, respectively in 1996. Over two following years, an opposition trend was seen in the figures for Tasmania Wilderness, Shark Bay and Macquarie Island. To be more distinctive, while the number of travellers coming to Tasmania wilderness and Shark Bay climbed to 475,000 and 102,000, respectively, the figure for Macquarie island reduced to 310. In 2000, there were 483,000 people who visited Tasmania Wilderness compared to Shark Bay and Macquarie Island were lower, at 89,000 and 330, respectively.Remarkably, The ranking order amongst Tasmania Wilderness, Shark Bay, Macquarie Island stayed the same during the period.