The given table compares the data for individuals travelling abroad to five different regions around the world from 1990 to 2005.
Overall , it is evident that Africa, Asia and the pacific, Europe and Middle East experienced constant upward trajectories, making the total data rise considerably over the period, while the number of international travellers to America slightly fluctuated. Notably, Europe and Asia & the pacific saw the most significant changes among the remaining areas.
Between 1990 and 1995, around 19 and 10 million people travelled to Africa and the Middle East. Meanwhile, the figures for travellers to America and Asia & the pacific register at 80.5 and 60.2 million individuals in 1990, before rising to 112.5 and 80.3 million, respectively over 5 years. Europe reported the highest data at the beginning, at about 280,2 million, and then surged to 390.3 in 1995, which contributed to a large part of the total figure for people travelling internationally, rising by nearly 200 million.
Over the next 10 years, the data for visitors to Europe steadily increased by just 10 million, while Asia and the pacific surged to 135.5 million people. There was a slight increase in the number of people visiting America in 2000 and finally fell down to 113.2 million in the last year, making the total number of international visitors ultimately declined to 693.7 million. Whereas, it is true that there were approximately 27 and 14 million travellers to Africa and the Middle East from 2000 to 2005.