The provided table compares the number of international travelers (in millions) in four different continents: Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, from 1990 to 2005.
Overall, it is clear that the total number of international travelers experienced a steady increase over the period. While Europe consistently showed the highest number of travelers, the Middle East held the lowest figures throughout the years.
In detail, the demand for traveling surged significantly from 448.9 million in 1990 to 693.7 million in 2005. Europe is the highest-demand traveling continent and accounted for more than half of the total number of international travels over the period. It accounted for 280.2 million in 1990 and 400.2 million in 2005.
America and Asia and the Pacific, closely followed by 80.5 and 60.2 million in 1990, rose to 118.2 and 117.4 million in 2000, respectively. While Asia and the Pacific continued to increase to 135.8 million, America slightly declined to 113.2 million in 2005. The Middle East is the least popular traveling continent, with 9.8 million in 1990 and increasing to 15.8 million in 2005. The demand for traveling in Africa was higher than in the Middle East and exhibited gradual growth, rising from 18.2 million to 28.7 million over the same period.
