You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The line graph shows visits to and from the UK from 1979 to 1999, and the bar graph shows the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The line graph shows visits to and from the UK from 1979 to 1999, and the bar graph shows the most popular countries visited by UK residents in 1999.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.
The line graph illustrates the number of visitors in millions from the
UK
who went abroad and those that came to the
UK
between 1979 and 1999,
while
the bar chart shows which countries were the most popular for
UK
residents to visit in 1999.
Overall
, it can be seen that visits to and from the
UK
increased
,
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and that France was the most popular country to go to.
To begin
, the number of visits abroad by
UK
residents was higher than for those that came to the
UK
, and
this
remained so throughout the period. The figures started at a similar amount, around 10
million
, but visits abroad increased significantly to over 50
million
,
whereas
the number of overseas residents rose steadily to reach just under 30
million
. By far the most popular
countries
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to visit in 1999
were
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France
at
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approximately 11
million
visitors, followed by Spain at 9
million
. The USA, Greece, and Turkey were far less popular at around 4, 3 and 2
million
visitors respectively.
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