Image: Frequent Flyers collage
Caption: Collage showing world-wide trends in international travel through 1997. Map illustrates most popular flight paths. Graph at bottom left illustrates the increase in overall international travel. Graph at right represents the percentage increase in International Arrivals:
Middle East 46%
Africa 44%
South Asia 32%
Americas 32%
East Asia 29%
Europe 27%
Sources: NASA, NRC, WHO
Design by: NSF/E. Myers
Information from World Health Organization
Websites:
Plane: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/PAO/images/fullsize/b747.gif
Map: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/v3/fig016.gif
Map: http://www.who.int/infectious-disease-report/pages/graph35.html
NSF funded: NO
NSF Permitted Use: Yes (educational use only)
Government Images: Yes, as well as educational images.
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