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The maps below show the development of a small fishing village and its surrounding area into a large European tourist resort. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The maps below show the development of a small fishing village and its surrounding area into a large European tourist resort. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The two diagrams compare the development of
fishing
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a fishing
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 village
which
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apply
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located
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is located
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 in
the
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a
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 mountain with
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a harbor
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harbor
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harbour
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 between 1974 and 2004.
It is clear that
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 the population of
this
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 village had
significant
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a significant
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 rise to almost seven times as people in 2004.
Also
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, there are more hotels and beaches were built over the 30-year period.
By contrast
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, the area for woodland transformed into
golf
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a golf
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 course, and the original villages with more tourist
shop
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shops
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 in
a
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the
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 year 2004. Looking more closely at the map in 1974, the majority of
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the region
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region
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regions
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 were applied to
raised
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the
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apply
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animal,
such
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 as sheep and
goat
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goats
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.
Furthermore
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, the buildings and roads were obviously less than a year in 2004.
Overall
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, the development of
this
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 fishing village had enormous changes over the period of 30 years, with more people who decided to reside here for
tourism
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the tourism
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 industry.

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