In 1995, the largest percentage, 15%, of foreign
visitors came from Russia. There were 5% fewer
visitors from France and the smallest group(5%)
were from Japan. This changed significantly in 2000,
when there were more French visitors(12%)
than Russians. Then, in 2005 there was a huge/dramatic
increase in the number of Japanese tourists, who formed
the largest group(14%). The percentage of Russian and
French visitors was the same, at 12%.
Overall, the percentage of French and Japanese visitors
increased between 1995 and 2005, whereas the percentage
of Russian tourists fell.