The charts illustrate the number of tourists visiting Australia from the UK, the US, and Japan in 1995 and 2005, as well as the preferred types of travel during the same period.
Overall, tourist arrivals from all three countries increased over the ten-year span, with the UK and Japan contributing the highest numbers. In terms of travel types, staying at resorts remained more popular than backpacking, though the gap narrowed by 2005.
In 1995, around 800,000 tourists from the UK visited Australia, rising to nearly 1.4 million by 2005. The US showed a more modest growth, from approximately 300,000 to just under 500,000. Japan had the largest number of visitors in both years, increasing from about 1 million in 1995 to nearly 1.4 million in 2005, placing it on par with the UK by the end of the period.
Regarding travel preferences, resort stays were the dominant choice in all years. Numbers climbed steadily from around 1.6 million in 1995 to about 2.5 million in 2000, before falling back to roughly 1.5 million in 2005. Backpacking, however, followed an upward trend throughout, rising from fewer than 500,000 in 1995 to nearly 1.2 million in 2005.
In summary, the UK and Japan became the main sources of tourists to Australia by 2005, while resort holidays, although still most common, declined in popularity as backpacking gained momentum.