News graph of the week - statistics on international visitors to the United States

0 Comments | Current Events, Feb 6, 2004

Study the graph. Then complete the exercise below by writing A, B, or C in each blank.

-- 1. Which visiting nation had the highest amount of expenditures per visitor? (A) France, (B) Japan, (C) Canada

-- 2. About what percentage of the total number of foreign visitors to the U.S. in 2001 came from Canada? (A) 10 percent, (B) 30 percent, (C) 50 percent

-- 3. How much more did visitors from the United Kingdom spend than visitors from Germany? (A) $5,934 million, (B) $6,226 million, (C) $7,707 million

-- 4. About what percentage of the total number of foreign visitors to the United States in 2001 came from the top six visiting nations? (A) 25 percent, (B) 50 percent, (C) 75 percent

U.S. Bound This graph shows the number of international visitors to the United States in 2001 from the top six visiting nations and how much money they spent on their visits. A total of 44,898,000 visitors from all countries in that year spent $73.12 billion, about $1,629 per person.

                  Number of    Expenditures    Expenditures
                  visitors                     per visitor

        Canada   13,507,000   $6,484,000,000        $480
        Mexico    9,558,000   $5,320,000,000        $557
United Kingdom    4,097,000   $9,191,000,000      $2,243
         Japan    4,083,000   $8,899,000,000      $2,180
       Germany    1,314,000   $2,965,000,000      $2,256
        France      876,000   $2,284,000,000      $2,607

Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004

Note: Table made from bar graph.

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1. a, 2. b, 3. b, 4. c