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. Writing Task 1

The graph shows the

number

of inquiries received by the tourist information office in one city over a six-month period in 2011. In January and February, the

number

of inquiries received by

telephone

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the numbers

of

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900 and 800 respectively, are much higher than the inquiries received by

letter

/

email

(600 and 700) and in person (780 and 420). As far as March is concerned, again

inquires

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receives by

telephone

with the

number

of 1000 are higher than the

enquiries

received by

letter

/

email

(700) and in person (800).

However

, as compared to

previous

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the previous

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two months,

this

time the

enquiries

received by

letter

/

email

are

less

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fewer

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than the

enquiries

received

by

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in

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in-person. The same trend can be seen in April, May and June. The

enquiries

received

by

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in person, i.e., 1250, 1550 and 1900 respectively, are more than the

enquiries

received by

telephone

(1000, 1400 and 1900) and by

letter

/

email

(580, 380 and 380).

Overall

, there is an increased

number

of

enquiries

received

by

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in-person and by

telephone

and there is a decline in the

number

of

enquiries

received by

letter

/

email

.