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Nessie000 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

'year-on-year'?

Hi,
Please have a look at this:

"According to statistics from Vietnam National Administration for tourism, during the past three months the number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam decreased nearly 15% year-on-year, mainly from the Japan ad China markets"

What does 'year-on-year' mean?

Many thanks,
Nessie
  

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" Many statistics have annual cycles, rising and falling at specific times of the year. , for June of this year with June of last year. Otherwise they'd be meaningless.

— Avangi

  • " Many statistics have annual cycles, rising and falling at specific times of the year.
  • , for June of this year with June of last year.
  • Otherwise they'd be meaningless.
  • I can't know exactly how these were computed, but if it's current, it probably means that the number of foreign arrivals for September, October, and November of 2008 show a 15% drop from the number for September, October, and November of 2007.
  • - A.
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Haven't heard the exact expression before, but assume it means "this year compared to last year."

Many statistics have annual cycles, rising and falling at specific times of the year. So we often compare the monthly figures eg., for June of this year with June of last year. Otherwise they'd be meaningless.

I can't know exactly how these were computed, but if it's current, it
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