This is an IELTS writing task 1 sample answer essay on the topic of UK residents' visits from the real IELTS exam.

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The graphs illustrate
that
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apply
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the number of travellers
to visit in
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visiting
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the
UK
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and
UK
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citizens
to trip
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going
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abroads
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abroad
from 1979 to 1999.
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, figures that tourists travelling in the
UK
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and
UK
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public stopping by overseas were increased for two decades. Plus, most of the
UK
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people tripped several nations(Turkey, Greece, USA, Spain and France)
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with, the number of
UK
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citizens
to visit
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visiting
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other nations was
mildly
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slightly
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raised between 1979 and 1987, but it was dramatically up from 1979 to 1989, after that, it consistently
grown
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grew
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to 55
million
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by 1999.
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, the volume of overseas tourists was slightly elevated from 10
million
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to 23
million
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.
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, the majority of the
UK
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public came over France to 14.5
million
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,
this
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was the highest number,
conversely
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, they went to Turkey to 0.2
million
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and they dropped by Greece(0.35
million
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), USA(0.4
million
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), and Spain(13.5
million
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)
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