the table compares international tourism in 2009 and 2010 in 8 countries and the change (percentage)

The given table illustrates arrivals of the international tourist in different eight nations in two years 2009 and 2010 and the proportion of change. Overall, it is obvious that most international visitors to countries in 2010 were higher than those in 2009, while the opposite was true for France and Hong Kong. Additionally, most proportion of change increased over a year period, except for Hong Kong Looking at the table more closely, one can see that France’s tourists remained unchanged at 76 miilion, which was the highest firgue compared to others countries. International visitors to France and the US witnessed a slight increase by 1. 5 and 1. 8 percent respectively. Furthermore, the percentages of alteration in the UK and Italy went up steadily within a year, from 55 to 57 million and 44 to 45 million respectively. Moreover, there was an increase in 33 percent of change in Turkey compared to 55 percent in China from 2009 to 2010. The change of Germany was the most significant, increasing by 109 percent, from 11 to 23 million. In contrast, 10 million in 2009 experienced a decrease to 9 million, which was 11 percent reduction within a year.