The charts below give information about travel to and from the UK, and about the most popular countries for UK residents to visit.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph delineates the figure of England’s citizenry going overseas from England and foreign residents travelling to England between 1979 to 1999, while the bar graph provides insight about the number of UK citizens who tripped to five of the most touristed nations in 1999. Units are given in millions.
Overall, there was a surge in the amount of sojourns from and to the United Kingdom. Also, the UK residents visited overseas more than the visitants from abroad visited the UK over the given time period. Moreover, France was the hot spot among the English people.
At the fleeting glance, the number of residents of the UK travelling overseas began at just below 15 million in 1979 which elevated substantially to arrive at a number of over 50 million in 1999. In addition, about 10 million overseas residents sojourned to the United Kingdom in the beginning of the given period which became threefolds by the final year.
Probing further, in 1999, France was visited by more than 10 million UK residents while the second most visited nation by the English was Spain that received about 9 million English tourists. The U.S.A and Greece were visited by approximately 4 million and 3 million U.K. residents severally. Turkey remained the least touristy country which received around 2 million visitors from England.
Vocabulary:
tripped: travelled somewhere
surge: sudden increase
sojourns: a temporary stay
visitants: a visitor
fleeting glance: a brief look
substantially: to a great degree
sojourned: a temporary stay
threefolds: three times larger or bigger
Probing: investigate
