The paragraph below shows the number of enquiries received by the Tourist Information Office in one city over a six -month period in 2011.

The line graph compares and contrasts information on the

questions

asked by tourists at the Tourist Information Office in one city over a six-month period, from January to June in the year 2011. In general,

while

enquiries by letter or email saw a significant drop, other means experienced the opposite trend. Having looked at the chart given for more details, it is apparent that the number of

questions

by letter or email dropped over time,

whereas

, the direct and telephone methods rose significantly. Particularly, in January, more than 900 phone calls were received which was twice the figure for the in-person group. A month later, question numbers via letters and emails slightly reduced from Jan to Mar by 100

while

question numbers asked directly or through phone calls increased to 800 and 1000 respectively.

Moreover

, more than 1200 enquiries were asked in person which doubled the figure for letters or emails in April. What is more, from April to May,

while

the number of

questions

asked face-to-face and via telephone rose to under 1600 and precisely 1400 , the one by letter dramatically fell to under 400.

In addition

,

questions

asked in person saw a sharp increase up to 1900

while

the number of

questions

sent by email reached a lower percentage of approximately less than 400 which was a quarter of the direct question group.