foreign visitors to European countries
The given line graph illustrates how many foreign tourists visited the coast, mountains, and lakes in a European country over a period of 20 years.
As can be inferred from the chart, the total number of foreign visitors to many European countries increased throughout the period. In addition, while the majoring visited the coast, the opposite was true for mountainous areas.
In 1987, most visitors chose the coast, which stood at 40,000 people, compared to 20,000 and 10,000 overseas tourists to the lakes and mountain areas respectively. Over the next 10 years, the number of coastal visitors increased by over 10,000 visitors. Additionally, a dramatic surge was seen in the figure for the mountain region by 30,000 people, while that of lakes fluctuated below 30,000 tourists during the same period.
In 1997, coastal foreign tourists accounted for 50,000 people, followed by that of lakes and mountains with their corresponding figures of 40,000 and 30,000 people. From 1997 onward, the number opting to visit the coast continuously rose to culminate at 72,000 people in 2007. The figures for the lakes region witnessed remarkable growth and peaked at over 75,000 before declining suddenly to 50,000 visitors at the end of the period. At the same time, the number of mountain tourists hovered around 30,000 and 40,000 visitors.