The data table illustrates the changes of million people who went for international travel from 1990 to 2005.Overall, there was an upward trend in all areas, with Europe was recorded as the highest number of people throughout the timeframe.
In 1990, the total figure for international travellers was 448.9 million. Europe was the conqueror at the time, attracting 280.2 million people, which is more than half of the total. America came in second place with 80.5 million tourists almost three times less than Europe, followed by Asia and the Pacific with 60.2 million. Africa and the Middle East being the two lowest with their figure respectively at 18.2 and 9.8 million visitors.
In the following years, Europe experienced a substantial growth during the first half of the period, rising from 280.2 million in 1990 to 390.3 million in 1995. Thereafter, its figure increased only marginally to 393.2 million in 2000 before reaching 400.2 million by 2005. Similarly, both Africa and the Middle East followed an upward trend throughout the period, climbing respectively from 18.2 million to 28.7 million and from 9.8 million to 15.8 million . Meanwhile, Asia and the Pacific recorded a strong shift , with the figure in 2005 being more than twice that of 1990 , while America increased until 2000 before falling to 113.2 million by the end of the period.