The table illustrates information about the numbers of people from the Australian continent who travelled to the seven most visited destinations in two given years (1999 and 2009).
Overall, it can be clearly seen that the number of Australian people who visited the seven most popular landmarks went up over the years. The largest number of Australian tourists who went to the seven most attractive destinations was in New Zealand in 1999 and 2009. While in 1999, the smallest number of Australian visitors who went to the seven most popular destinations was in China and in 2009, it was in Japan. Over the given years (1999 and 2009), in China can be seen the biggest growth rate.
In 1999 and 2009, the seven most popular destinations were visited by people from New Zealand more than people from other countries and made up 500, 700 and 1, 064, 000 respectively. Moreover, in two given years (1999, 2009), many Australian visitors of the seven most popular sights were from the United Kingdom and the United States and accounted for 400, 000; 640, 000 and 300, 00; 400, 000 respectively. While the lowest numbers of Australian people who travelled to the seven most visited destinations were from Indonesia, Fiji, Japan, and China and they were between 150, 000 and 86, 000 in 1999, whereas in 2009, they were between 340, 000 and 300, 000.
The largest growth rate of Australian visitors to the seven most visited destinations was seen in China (249%). While in Japan, Indonesia the growth rates were 150% and 127% respectively. In Fiji and New Zealand they were approximately the same (114%; 113%). Moreover, the lowest growth rates were in the United Kingdom and in The United States and made up 60% and 33% respectively.