Self- practice :27/11 The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors to three different areas in a European country between 1987 and 2007 Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates how many tourists visited three different areas (coast mountains, and lakes) in a European country from 1987 to 2007.

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, the

number

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of

visitors

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increased over the period of

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.

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all areas showed some fluctuations;

however

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, holidaymakers in the coastal area were in the highest position both in the starting and ending periods of

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. In 1987, the

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of lake

visitors

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was around 10

thousand

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, it increased dramatically with

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and reached around 50,000 after 1997, which was almost five times its initial level.

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, it grew considerably again in 2002 and it peaked at around 75

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, which outraced the coast

visitors

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at the same

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.

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, it decreased significantly again in the later five years and reached approximately 50

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. The

number

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of people who visited the coast in 1987 was 40,000, which decreased slightly in the next 5 years reaching nearly 37

thousand

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. In the next 15 years,

this

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number

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escalated over the

time

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period and hit approximately 74

thousand

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in 2007.

On the other hand

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, the

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numbers in the hilly areas showed more fluctuations. It finished at 30

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, which was one and a half times more than its initial level (20,000).