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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 8th November
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph below shows the spending of UK residents on visits abroad between 1993 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
This line graph shows the amount of money in billions of pounds spent by people from the UK on visits abroad from 1993-2013.
By far and away the largest sum of money was spent on travel, which has experienced a huge growth and reflects the growing popularity of overseas holidays. In fact, between 1993 and 2008, expenditure on travel almost tripled from nine billion to almost 27 billion pounds. There was a sharp fall in 2009 to just over 21 billion, with figures stabilising over the next few years. However, there were signs of growth again in 2013 to 24 billion pounds.
Expenditure in other areas has been far more stable during this twenty-year period. Money spent on visiting friends or relatives rose gradually from around one billion pounds in 1993 to approximately five billion in 2013. The amount spent on business since 2000 has had a gradual increase with minor fluctuations, but since 2008 has remained fairly steady at around five billion pounds.
