Band 5+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The line graph shows how much money overseas visitors spent in the UK from 1980 - 2010 and the pie charts show the reasons for their visits in 1980 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The given data includes line graph which represents the amount of money that was spent by overseas visitors in the UK from 1980 to 2010 also two pie charts depict the reasons for visits.

Overall, the amount of money rise dramatically over the period. Moreover in generall, the main reason for visiting the UK in 1980 and 2010 was the same – for holiday.

From 1980 to 1990 the number of spent money fluctuated from 7000 millions to 10000 millions. And at the same time in 1980 they were spent on holiday 44.1%. Moreover, the percentages of business reasons and visiting friends or relatives were almost the same (around 19%), whereas other reasons took more than 16%.

In 1996 the amount of spent money hit a peak at 12000 millions, then decreased significantly reached about 10000 millions (as in the 1990). However the number substancially increased reached over 11000 millions in 2006, and again felt a slight decline in 2010. Additionally, in 2010 the percentage of holiday reason dropped and reached 39.1%, while visiting friends or relatives reason enhanced sharply on about 10%. As a result, the percentage of other reasons decrease on almost 7%.