You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The line graph shows visits to and from the UK from 1979 to 1999, and the bar graph shows the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line

graph

illustrates the

number

of visitors to the

UK

and

residents

who went abroad from the

UK

between 1979 and 1999, and the

bar

graph

depicts the most popular countries for

people

from the

UK

in 1999.

Overall

, both the

number

of

visits

and those from the

UK

experienced an upward trend over the whole time frame, and the

bar

graph

showed that France was the most popular country among

UK

residents

.   Focusing on the

bar

graph

, the

number

of both

visits

and those from the

UK

increased slightly over the first seven years, starting at the nearly same numbers of around 10

million

people

.

Although

the

number

of

visits

abroad by

UK

residents

rose significantly from 20 to over 50

million

over the next 18 years,

visits

to the

UK

by overseas

residents

grew gradually, ending at approximately 26

million

.   Turning to the

bar

charts, France, which was the most popular country for the

UK

, was visited by nearly 11

million

people

from the

UK

, followed by Spain, which was the second most popular country and recorded around 9

million

visits

. Three countries—the USA, Greece, and Turkey—were visited by less than five

million

people

.