Task 5

Portfolio task 5  

          The graph and table are shown. The graph shows the number of visits to Australia by overseas resident from 1975 until 2005. The table shows the number of visitors in millions in six countries. In this report I am going to describe the graph and the table.

          First of all, the graph shows that in 1975 the number of visits was 9 million. In 1985 the number increased to 16 million. After that it was 23 million in 1995. Finally in the last year which is 2005 the visits were 31 million.

          The table shows that in 1975 Japan got the highest number of visitors which was 3.2 million and 12 million in 2005. Secondly South Korea got 2,9 million in 1975 and 9.1 million in 2005. Europe got 1.1 million in 1975 and 4,5 million in 2005. The country with the lowest number was china which got 0.3 million in 1974 and 0.8 million in 2005.

          Overall, the number of visitors to Australia increased dramatically in the period 1975 to 2005, from 8.8 million to over 30 million. Most visitors throughout came from Japan.