You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the number of enquiries received by the Tourist Information Office in one city over a six-month period in 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The

graph

shows the tourism information office

enquires

received in 2011 from

January

to

June

, comparing the

enquires

done “in person”, “by letter/email” and “by telephone”. The

graph

has a scale from 0 to 2,000 and

register

Correct subject-verb agreement

registers

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how many

enquires

they had in each month divided by type. Observing the

graph

, we can see that

enquires

“in person” raised considerably during the six-month period. On

January

400

enquires

were registered and

on

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in

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June

, up to 2,000

enquires

were done in person, representing a 500% increase.

Enquires

by telephone

also

raised approximately 160% from

January

(1,000) to

June

(1,600), but

on the other hand

,

enquires

by telephone decreased

50

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by 50

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%, as we can see that 800

enquires

were done

on

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in

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January

and just 400

on

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in

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June

. Analyzing the

graph

, we can

also

note that the total amount of

enquires

increased quickly, approx. 2,000

enquires

were done

on

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in

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January

against 4,000

enquires

done

on

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in

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June

and that on February the three enquire types had a very similar demand, approx. 600 “in person”, 700 “by letter/e-mail” and 800 “by telephone”, and from March onwards they started to increase or decrease as reported above.