This table illustrates the information about the numbers of Australian tourists who traveled the seven most popular countries in 1999 and 2009.
It is evident that China experienced the most dramatic growth in tourist number from 1999 to 2009, while the US had slowest growth in same period. We also can see New Zealand had the highest tourist number at beginning, in contrast, China had lowest tourist number in 1999.
A detailed look at the table shows New Zealand attracted 500,700 Australian tourists in 1999. It was followed by the UK and the US with 400,000 and 300,000 tourists, respectively. Indonesia ranked fifth place with 150,000 visitors. In addition to this, it attracted 120,000 and 100,000 tourists with Fiji and Japan in 1999. The number of tourists to China was the smallest, it about 86,000 visitors.
In 2009, the table shows New Zealand attracted 1,064,000 Australian tourists, and increased of 113%. While the UK and the US rose slightly with 640,000 and 400,000 tourists, and increased of 60% and 33%. Meanwhile, Indonesia, Fiji, and Japan also reported significant growth in visitors, to 340,000, 257,000, and 250,000 tourists, respectively. China experienced a particularly sharp rise, it attracted 300,000 Australian tourists in 2009, it was more than twice that of 1999.