The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who came to the UK for different purposes between 1989 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors who came to the UK for

different purposes between 1989 and 2009. Summarize the information by selecting

and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph compares how many people came to England for business reasons, meeting friends and relatives,
as well as
holiday
trips over a period of 10 years.
Overall
, the number of passengers visiting the mentioned country was by far the lowest.
In contrast
, taking
holiday
vacations to the UK was a popular reason among foreign visitors. In 1989, the number of individuals who travelled to the UK for a
holiday
stood at approximately 6.5
million
,
whereas
those of travelled for business and to meet their loved ones were lower at 5 and 3.5
million
, respectively. Over the entire period,
Holiday
was the most popular aim for overseas visitors except for the years between 2004 and 2008. From 1989 to 2008, there was a steady rise of 3.5
million
in the number of travellers who came to England to keep in touch with their acquaintances followed by a decline of 1
million
in the subsequent years.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words holiday, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • overseas visitors
  • trend
  • fluctuations
  • statistics
  • year-on-year comparison
  • peak periods
  • holidaymakers
  • business trips
  • educational tourism
  • significant increase/decrease
  • data interpretation
  • exponential growth
  • steady decline
  • seasonal variation
  • cultural events
  • tourist influx
  • graph analysis
  • quantitative change
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