You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows the results of a survey of people who visited four types of tourist attraction in Britain in the year 1999. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The pie chart illustrates the proportion of

sightseers

who attended four famous tourist spots in the United Kingdom in 1999.

Overall

, the majority of

sightseers

preferred to visit

theme

parks

,

while

wildlife

parks

and zoos were the least favourable attractions for

sightseers

. The number of visitors who visited the museums and galleries was just slightly lesser than those at the

theme

parks

, followed by the historic houses and monuments. Looking at the details,

theme

parks

top the list with 38 per

cent

of visitors recorded mainly because it consists of five attractions. The Blackpool pleasure beach was the most popular spot in the

theme

park with 47 per

cent

of visitors visiting there, followed by the Alton Towers (17%) and the Pleasureland at Southport (16%). The Chessington World of Adventures and the Legoland at Windsor both attracted the same amount of

sightseers

, accounting for 10 per

cent

each. The wildlife

parks

and zoos were the least common places for travellers to visit, with only 9 per

cent

of the travellers recorded. The museums and galleries were the second most popular place to visit, with 37 per

cent

of the visitor visiting, followed by the historic houses and monuments (16%) being the third most popular attractions for the visitor.