The line graph gives information about the number of four selected nations’ visitors who come for education during a period of 18 years from 1982 to 2000.
Overall, it can be obviously seen that all figures witnessed an increasing trend with many fluctuations. Beside, a noteworthy point that is clearly noticed is three over four countries had started at the same position.
Going into more detail, the statistics of Malaysia and Singapore showed a gradually increasing inclination. At the beginning of the period, the quantity of residence of traveller arrivals for education in Malaysia was highest, at about 6000 people, before slightly growing by 2000 folks. Over the next 10 years from 1984, the figure was reported to increase minimally from 8000 to 10000, and in the next 4 years, it went up by 7000, at around 17000 visitors in 1997. After that, the number decreased by 1000 in 2000. The quantity of people arriving to Singapore for studying began at 1000 and gradually developed to nearly 20000 throughout 18 years of the period.
The starting point of Indonesia and Hongkong shared the same position with that of Singapore, however, they experienced more fluctuate periods. The figure for Indonesia gently increased from 1000 to over 10000 between 1982 and 1994 before speedily rose to 26000 visitors in 1998. In the end of the period, it saw a fluctuate trend and reached 23000 learners in 2000. Hongkong had the lowest number of foreign students, sharing with that of Singapore from 1982 to 1985. After experiencing 15 years of up and down inclination, it had 18000 students in 2000