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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 7th May
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The table below shows statistics about the top five countries for international tourism in 2012 and 2013.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The table compares the world’s 5 most popular tourist destinations in terms of tourist arrivals and spending in 2012 and 2013.
Overall, France was the most attractive destination in the 2-year period while the fifth rank belonged to Italy. However, among those 5 countries, the USA topped the list in terms of tourist spending.
In 2012, France saw the highest figure of tourists, at 83 million and nearly double compared with Italy, at 46.4 million. Spain and China shared the similar number of visitors which were slightly over 57 million while the USA stayed at 66.7 million. 2013 saw the increase in numbers for 4 countries with the notable exception of China.
The USA earned the most revenue from tourism industry at 126.2 billion and 139.6 billion dollars, in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Meanwhile, Spain took the second position with 60.4 billion dollars in 2013, followed by France, China, and Italy in terms of the amount of money. Interestingly, although China witnessed a fall in tourists’ number, they still gained a slight rise in tourists’ expenditure from 50 to 51.7 billion dollars.
