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The table shows the tourist numbers and tourist spending in five countries in 2012 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

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The table shows the tourist numbers and tourist spending in five countries in 2012 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.
The table compares five
countries
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 - namely France, the
USA
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, Spain, China, and Italy - in terms of the
number
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 of
tourists
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 and the tourist spending between 2012 and 2013.
Overall
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, regarding both the
number
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 of
tourists
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 and the tourist spending, all
countries
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 experienced a similar upward trend, except China, where the
number
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 of visitors declined by the end of the period. The country that received the most visitors was France during the period,
whereas
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 the
USA
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 made the most profit from tourism. Focusing on the
number
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 of
tourists
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, France dominated the chart, accommodating 83
million
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tourists
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 in 2012 and 84.7
million
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 in 2013, which was followed by the
USA
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 and Spain, 66.7
million
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 and 57.5
million
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 in 2012, and 69.8
million
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 and 60.7
million
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 in 2013, respectively.
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, the only country that saw a downward trend was China, hosting 57.7
million
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tourists
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 at the beginning of the period and 55.7
million
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 towards the end.
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, the least visited country was Italy, attracting only 46.4
million
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 visitors in 2012 and 47.7
million
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 in 2013. Regarding the tourist spending, the
USA
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 benefited the most from tourism, which means
tourists
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 spent 126.2
billion
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dollars
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 in 2012 and 139.6
billion
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dollars
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 in 2013. In all other
countries
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 made starting from around 50
billion
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dollars
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 or less in 2012, and the corresponding figures for all
countries
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 increased by around 5
billion
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dollars
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 or less.

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Vocabulary: Rephrase your introduction. Words match: 75%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words countries, usa, number, tourists, million, billion, dollars with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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