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

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
and
UK
citizens
to trip
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going
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abroads
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abroad
from 1979 to 1999.
Overall
, figures that tourists travelling in the
UK
and
UK
public stopping by overseas were increased for two decades. Plus, most of the
UK
people tripped several nations(Turkey, Greece, USA, Spain and France)
To begin
with, the number of
UK
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
by 1999.
Additionally
, the volume of overseas tourists was slightly elevated from 10
million
to 23
million
.
Moreover
, the majority of the
UK
public came over France to 14.5
million
,
this
was the highest number,
conversely
, they went to Turkey to 0.2
million
and they dropped by Greece(0.35
million
), USA(0.4
million
), and Spain(13.5
million
)
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