Writing Task 1 Sample 1

Writing Task - Sample 1: Line graph + Bar chart Topic: The line graph, combined with bar chart, reveals some information about UK tourism activities from 1979 to 1999 In general, the number of visits abroad by UK citizens well exceeded the incoming visits by overseas residents From just 10 million in 1979, the incoming visits to UK steadily increased to 12 million in 1985 Ten years later, it went up quickly to double that number in 1995 before falling back to a slow growth rate during next years In the meantime, outcoming visits rose considerably from 12 million in 1979 to 20 million just before 1985, then they grew dramatically to over 50 million in 1999, nearly doubling the incoming figure at that time Among five countries, UK citizens really enjoyed visiting France when there were 11 million visits during 1999 With million fewer, Spain appeared to be the second best choice for UK tourists, while the USA, Greece and Turkey all attracted lower than million UK visitors Turkey seemed the less attractive tourism destination with 2.5 million UK visitors only in that year To conclude, the charts may well reflect the boom of UK outcoming visits during the period from 1985 to 1999 and clearly the favourite destinations of UK residents at that time were France and Spain