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 graph illustrates the number of people visiting
into
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and from the United Kingdom between 1979 and 1999
while
the bar chart gives information about favourite cities visited by tourists from the United Kingdom in 1999. It can clearly be seen from the line graph that more
UK
tourists travelled out of the
UK
compared to visits to the
UK
by foreign travellers throughout the period. The chart shows that France was the highest state
while
Turkey was the lowest travelled state for
UK
tourists in 1999. The graph shows that
while
both trips to and from the
UK
increased throughout the given period, the trips out of the
UK
by
UK
residents were higher. Started at around 13
million
, in around 1985 visits abroad reached 20
million
and continued to significantly increase to over 50
million
in 1999.
Similarly
, trips from the
UK
began at 10
million
in 1979, steadily increased to 20
million
in 1994 and increased moderately to 1999. The bar chart shows that around 11
million
people from the
UK
visited France in 1999, making it the highest, with Spain coming slightly lower at around 9
million
.
On the other hand
, USA and Greece were only visited by around 3,5 and 2,5
million
UK
residents, respectively.
Moreover
, only approximately 2
million
UK
travellers went to Turkey in 1999.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words uk, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "gives" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 5 times.

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