UK Residents' Visits Abroad

The first chart below shows the results of a survey which sampled a cross-section of 100,000 people asking if they traveled abroad and why they traveled for the period 1994-98. The second chart shows their destinations over the same period. You should write not less than 150 words. VISITS ABROAD BY UK RESIDENTS BY PURPOSE OF VISIT (1994-98) Holiday 15,246 14,898 17,896 19,703 20,700 Business 3,155 3,188 3,249 3,639 3,957 Visits to friends & relatives 2,689 2,628 2,774 3,051 3,181 Other reasons 1,030 1,054 TOTAL 22,072 21,610 24,949 27,447 28,828 Destinations of visits abroad by UK residents by main region (1994-98)

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The first chart below shows the results of a survey which sampled a cross-section of 100,000 people asking if they traveled abroad and why they traveled for the period 1994-98. The second chart shows their destinations over the same period. You should write not less than 150 words. VISITS ABROAD BY UK RESIDENTS BY PURPOSE OF VISIT (1994-98) Holiday 15,246 14,898 17,896 19,703 20,700 Business 3,155 3,188 3,249 3,639 3,957 Visits to friends & relatives 2,689 2,628 2,774 3,051 3,181 Other reasons 1,030 1,054 TOTAL 22,072 21,610 24,949 27,447 28,828 Destinations of visits abroad by UK residents by main region (1994-98)

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Predicted band6.0The provided charts show the data of a survey conducted on 100,000 people and the statistics shows the number of UK citizen travelled abroad during 1994 to 1998 for different purposes and their destinations. As is observed from the given graphs, most of the UK residents travelled on their holidays and Western Europe was their most favourite destination. Initially, in 1994, more than 22 thousand UK resident traveled different foreign countries and among them, more than 15 thousand went on their holidays. For business tours, more than 3 thousand people travelled in other countries in the same year while more than 2 thousand people visited their friends and relatives. After 1 year, this number slightly decreased and for the rest of the years until 1998, the number steadily increased in almost all of the categories. Finally, in 1998, the total traveler number reached to more than 28 thousand and among them, more than twenty thousand people travelled to enjoy their holidays. In 1994, almost 18 thousand people out of 22 thousand went to Western Europe which is significantly larger than the number of people traveled to North America and other parts of the world. The similar trends can be observed for the remaining years and the majority people of the UK went to Western Europe which makes this place the most popular tourist’s destination of UK people.

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Predicted band6.5The table data compares the figures of a research on why UK residents visited overseas from 1994 to 1998, and the bar chart illustrates where they travelled during these five years. As a whole, the majority of the UK citizens travelled abroad for holiday making, business and visiting friends and relatives, and Western Europe was their most favourable destination. By looking at the table, it can be seen that generally there was a growing tendency for the UK people to travel into other countries from 1994 to 1998. During the second year, in 1995, the total number of travellers marginally declined from just over 22000 to nearly 21500; however, it steadily grew and reached the peak of approximately 29000 in the year 1998. These people gradually became more interested in traveling to all three regions during this period, but Western Europe was the best option. In 1994, just below 20,000 of the UK citizens went into Western Europe, compared with only almost 1000 into the North America. Furthermore, after a small drop in 1995, the population of Western Europe visitors remarkably increased and reached the maximum of above 24000 in 1998, which was far more significant than the other two locations.

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Predicted band6.5The charts present data about the main reasons for travelling by UK residents as well as their favourite destinations from 1994 to 1998. Overall, the main reasons for Britons to travel during this period were holiday making, business and visits to friends and relatives. Western Europe was their favourite destination. As the data suggests, the number of holidaymakers steadily increased. In 1994, the number of holiday seekers was around fifteen thousand, and it grew to over twenty thousand in 1998. Moreover, the number of people travelling for business also gradually increased - just over three thousand in 1994 and approximately four thousand four years later. Finally, visiting abroad for meeting friends and relatives showed a steady increase till 1997, when more than one thousand British visited abroad for that reason. All the reasons combined, more than twenty thousand British travelled abroad in 1994 and this number grew by almost nine thousand in just four years. In addition, Western Europe was the favourite destination of those travellers as nearly eighteen thousand travelled to this destination in 1994 while the rest, nearly four thousand, went to other places. North America seemed the second most common destination for those travellers during this period.

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