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