Visitors to Canada

This line graph illustrates the number of visitors over 10 years from 2 countries Japan and Spain to Canada from 1996 to 2006. Overall, the number of visitors fluctuated greatly over the period with more visitors coming from Japan.

Starting in 1996, there was a significant difference in the number of visitors from Spain to Canada. There were almost 300,000 Spanish visitors, compared to 850,000 Japanese visitors. The fewest number of visitors from Spain was in 1996. The number of visitors from Japan was 800,000, while 250,000 were from Spain in 1996. The number of Spanish visitors, as shown in the graph, differed from the number of Japanese visitors by 50%. At first between 1996 and 1999 the visitors from Spain had sharply increased to 620,000 visitors. The number of Japanese visitors remained steady from 1996 to 2001. In 1999 the number of Japanese visitors gradually decreased, on the other hand, the number of Spanish visitors sharply decreased. Moreover, the number of Spanish visitors grew significantly. Also, the number of Spanish visitors was the highest in 2004 and the lowest in 1996.

In conclusion, the number of Japanese visitors outnumbered the Spanish visitors during the ten-year period.