Band 6+: 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 line graph illustrates numbers of visits to and from the United Kingdom from 1979 and 1999 , while the bar graph presents the most popular destinations visited by United Kingdom citizens in 1999.

Overall, The visits abroad by UK residents has been consistently higher than visits to the UK by overseas residents throughout the years. France was marked favorite destination as it has the highest numbers of UK visitors, while Turkey was the least favorite destination.

Almost 15 millions was the numbers of abroad visits by UK citizens in 1979 with a steady growth until it reached 20 millions in mid-period between 1984 and 1989. Afterwards, it jumped from 20 millions to 30 millions in a short period. The numbers grew gradually until it reach it’s peak in 1999 with more than 50 millions. The visits to UK had relatively lower growth rate across the years. At 1979, it recorded 10 millions visitors. With slight increase in numbers, it reached 20 millions in 1989. The growth rate did not witness any more acceleration. In 1999 it had less than 30 millions.

France was the most visited country by UK citizens with more than 10 millions in 1999, followed by Spain that had a little lower numbers with less than 10 millions. USA, Greece, and Turkey had the least number of UK visitors with less than 5 millions each.