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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 13th October
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The chart below shows the top ten countries with the highest spending on travel in 2014. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

SAMPLE ANSWER
The given bar graph illustrates the amount of expenditure on travelling in ten different nations during the year 2014, expressed in USD.
To begin with, although China’s spending eclipsed that of all other countries, reaching the forefront with approximately 110 billion on
Travelling, the United States and Germany followed closely behind, accounting for the second and third positions, each with 85 billion. Next, even though a little more than half of China’s expenditure was seen in the United Kingdom at around 55.000 million, less than half of the latter was recorded in Singapore, at around 25.000 million.
In contrast, the smallest outlay on tourism was documented by Taiwan, with only about 10.000 million. Following that, while Malaysia and India had the lowest expenditure above that of Taiwan, with roughly 16 and 18 billion, respectively, Hong Kong and South Korea were not far from this, with each close to 20 billion.

IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1