The first chart below shows the results of a survey which sampled a cross-section of 100,000 people asking if they traveled abroad and why they traveled for the period 1994-98. The second chart shows their destination over the same period. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The first chart below shows the results of a survey which sampled a cross-section of 100,000 people asking if they traveled abroad and why they traveled for the period 1994-98.

The second chart shows their destination over the same period.

Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
The upper and lower charts illustrate the different information. One is about the answers for
traveling
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abroad purposes in the UK over the given period; the other shows the figure for destinations from 1994 to 1998. Taking a closer look at the first table, one can see that the total
number
of the survey decreased slightly from 22,072 in 1994 to 21,610 in 1995, increasing continuously in the following years.
People
who
traveled
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abroad because of the holiday and
visition
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visitation
to friends and relatives had the same trend as the total
number
. Both peaked at 20,700 and 3,181 in 1998.
In contrast
, the
number
of
people
going abroad because of business reasons increased gradually from 3,155 in 1994 to 3,957 in 1998, maintaining the second dominant purpose.
Moreover
, the figure for the UK public who answered other reasons reached
a
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highest point of 1,054 in 1997, falling to 990 in 1998.
In addition
, in the second bar chart,
the
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apply
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Western Europe as
destinations
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had the dominant
number
over the given period. It declined slightly from approximately 19,000 in 1994 to 17,000 in 1995, rising to almost 25,000 in 1998.
While
the
number
of
people
who visited other areas maintained relatively stable, ranging from 2,000 to 3,000,
people
traveling
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to North America
had
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gradually increased numbers between 1994 to 1998.
As a result
, both had similar figures in 1998.
Overall
, it is true that UK residents who
traveled
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travelled
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abroad increased from 1995 to 1998 based on
two
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the two
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charts.
In addition
, the rank of
traveling
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travelling
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abroad purposes did not change over the 5-year period.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, people with synonyms.
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