共通テスト英語 2021年度（令和3年度） 第2日程 第4問
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You are preparing a presentation on tourism in Japan. You emailed data about visitors to Japan in 2018 to your classmates, Hannah and Rick. Based on their responses, you draft a presentation outline.

The data:

Table 1

Average Amount of Money Spent While Visiting Japan

Visitors by country/region | Food | Entertainment | Shopping

Australia | 58,878 | 16,171 | 32,688

China | 39,984 | 7,998 | 112,104

France | 56,933 | 7,358 | 32,472

Germany | 47,536 | 5,974 | 25,250

Hong Kong | 36,887 | 5,063 | 50,287

Taiwan | 28,190 | 5,059 | 45,441

UK | 56,050 | 8,341 | 22,641

(yen per person)

The responses to your email:

Hannah Hi, Thanks for your email! That’s interesting data. I know that the number of international visitors to Japan increased previously, but I never paid attention to their length of stay. I assume that visitors from Asia come for shorter stays since they can go back and forth easily.

Hannah Also, the table shows that Asian visitors, overall, tend to spend more on shopping compared to visitors from Europe and Australia. I guess this is probably because gift-giving in Asian cultures is really important, and they want to buy gifts for friends and family. For example, I have seen many Asian tourists shopping around Ginza, Harajuku, and Akihabara. Perhaps they don’t have to spend so much money on accommodations, so they can spend more on shopping. I’d like to talk about this.

Hannah However, I’ve heard that visitors from Asia are now becoming interested in doing some other things instead of shopping. We may see some changes in this kind of data in the near future!

Hannah Best, Hannah P.S. This message is going to Rick, too.

Rick Hi, Thanks for sending your data! This will help us prepare for our presentation!

Rick I notice from the data that Australians spend the most on entertainment. I’ll present on this. Also, the other day, on Japanese TV, I saw a program about Australian people enjoying winter sports in Hokkaido. I wonder how much they spend. I’ll look for more information. If you find any, please let me know. This could be good for a future project.

Rick In addition, I agree with Hannah that there seems to be a big difference in the length of stay depending on the country or region the visitor is from. What about you? Do you want to talk about what Hannah found in relation to the spending habits? I think this is very interesting.

Rick All the best, Rick P.S. This message is going to Hannah, too.

The presentation draft:

Presentation Title: [24] Presenter Topic Hannah: [25] Rick: [26] me: Relation to the length of stay Example comparison: People from [27] stay just over half the time in Japan compared to people from [28], but spend slightly more money on entertainment. Themes for Future Research: [29]

Which is the best for [24]?

Which is the best for [25]?

Which is the best for [26]?

You agree with Rick’s suggestion and look at the data. Choose the best for [27] and [28].

Which is the best combination for [29]?

A : Australians’ budgets for winter sports in Japan B : Future changes in the number of international visitors to Tokyo C : Popular food for international visitors to Hokkaido D : What Asian visitors in Japan will spend money on in the future