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.
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The line graph displays how many foreign
visitors
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entered the UK for various reasons from 1989 to 2009.
Overall
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, trends of business
visitors
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and people entering the UK to see their relatives and friends increased significantly during the time
period
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. At the same time holiday figures fluctuated wildly during the recorded
period
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while
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their numbers remained the highest during the recorded
period
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. The business
visitors
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'
trend
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decreased slightly from 5
million
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in 1989 to almost 4
million
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visitors
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in 1994, and
then
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the
trend
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increased gradually to just below 8
million
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around 2008. After that, it went to a small drop to nearly 7
million
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at the end
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of the recorded
period
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.
Similarly
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, relatives and friends
visitors
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numbers rose steadily between 1989 and 2008, before it went to a final drop
at the end
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of the designated
period
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. Holiday
visitors
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'
trend
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was the highest among all other trends. It fluctuated significantly from 1989 to 2004, between just below 9
million
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to nearly 6.5
millionsp
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million
millions
million sp
, and
then
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the
trend
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increased slightly to just below 9
million
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at the end
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of mentioned time.
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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "at the end".
Vocabulary: Replace the words visitors, period, trend, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "drop" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fluctuated" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "just below" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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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