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The charts below give information about the purposes of travel for passengers using four different UK airports in 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below give information about the purposes of travel for passengers using four different UK airports in 2016. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The pie charts illustrate the distribution of reasons for
travel
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 through four major UK
airports
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 in 2016, measured as percentages.
Overall
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, visiting
friends
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 or family was the most common reason for
travel
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 at all four
airports
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,
while
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 the "Other"
category
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 consistently accounted for the smallest
proportion
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 of
passengers
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. Notably, the
proportion
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 of
passengers
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traveling
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travelling
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 for
business
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 was significantly higher at Heathrow than at the other three
airports
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. At Gatwick, the primary reason for
travel
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 was holidays, comprising 54% of
passengers
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, the highest figure across all categories and
airports
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. Visiting
friends
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 or family was the second most frequent purpose at 30%,
while
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business
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travel
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 made up 11%. The "Other"
category
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 accounted for just 2%. A similar trend is observed at Luton, where 50% of
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travelers
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travellers
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 flew to visit
friends
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 or family. Holidaymakers represented 30%, and
business
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travelers
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travellers
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 comprised 14%, with the remaining 2% categorized as "Other."
In contrast
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, Heathrow had a more balanced distribution. Visiting
friends
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 or family was still the most common reason at 14%, but
business
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travel
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 was notably high at 35%, more than double the percentage recorded at the other
airports
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. The holiday
category
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 accounted for 33%,
while
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 the
proportion
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 of
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travelers
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travellers
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 in the "Other"
category
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 was 18%, the highest among the four
airports
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. At Stansted, visiting
friends
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 or family dominated at 46%,
while
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 holidays accounted for 34%.
Business
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travel
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 comprised 16%, and "Other" purposes represented just 4%. In summary,
while
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 visiting
friends
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 or family was the leading
travel
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 motivation at all
airports
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, Gatwick saw a significantly higher
proportion
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 of holiday
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travelers
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travellers
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,
whereas
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 Heathrow had a distinctive concentration of
business
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passengers
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.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words travel, airports, friends, category, proportion, passengers, business, travelers with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "represented" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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