The table illustrates the numbers of international visitors to five different areas from 1990 to 2005.
As can be observed from the table, the figures for international travelers experienced upward trends throughout the period, and Europe proved to be the most popular destination for travelers around the world.
Regarding the three most favored destinations in 1990, with 280.2 million visitors, international travelers to Europe outnumbered those to America, Asia, and the Pacific (80.5 million and 60.2 million visitors, respectively). 15 years later, the figure for international visitors to Europe witnessed considerable increases and ended up at 400.2 million visitors, which made this area still head-the list. Despite being ranked third on the list in 1990, the number of visitors to Asia and the Pacific surpassed the 113.2 million visitors to America and gradually rose to 135.8 million in 2005 to be the second most popular destination.
Turning to the other destinations, there were 18.2 million visitors in Africa, nearly twice as many as the number of travelers in the Middle East (9.8 million visitors). Then, the figures for people traveling to Africa and the Middle East steadily went up and ended at 28.7 and 15.8 million visitors in turn.
