Practice 1:

The graph represents how many international tourists visited three different areas namely
coast, lakes and mountains in a European country from 1987 to 2007.

Overall, the numbers of people who visited three destinations all increased significantly dur-
ing this period, with the coast experiencing the sustainable growth in the figures of guests.
However, visitors who went sightseeing the lakes decreased quickly between 2002 and 2007.

The coast remained the most attractive area that people wanted to visit within 20 years. From
1987 to 1992, there was a slight fall but the visitors increased significantly to 60,000 people
in 2002, and further, a sharp rise to 75,000 visitors in 2007.

Between 1987 and 1992, the lakes was the least popular destination among three areas, but
the statistic of people who went to the lakes rose most dramatically from 10,000 to 25,000
visitors. In 2002, the number of overseas travelers peaked at 75,000 individuals and then a
quick decrease to 50,000 individuals in 2007.

There was fluctuation in the figures about visitors of the mountain in the first decade from
1987 to 1997. After that, the figures broke out the range, rising to 35,000 visitors in 2000 and
then dipped and quickly recovered.

Practice 2:

The line chart illustrates how many enquiries were received by The Tourist Information Of-
fice in a particular city through three means of communication from January to June in 2011.

Overall, telephone enquiries and face-to-face enquiries both increased significantly, but visi-
tors made more inquires in person. Meanwhile, the number of enquiries received by letter or
email experienced a decrease.

Between January and March, telephone enquiries was the most common choice which
tourists used to communicate with this office. The figures for enquiries by telephone during
this period was dipped and quickly recovered. There was stable from March to April at 1,000
enquiries and then quickly rise to 1,600 enquiries in June.

Regarding in person enquiries, this was the least popular method in January and February.
But the office received significantly more face-to-face enquires, quadrupled from 400 to
1,600 enquiries between January to May and continue sharp increased to 1,900 enquiries in
June.

In contrast, In January, the figure for enquiries by letter or email was at nearly 800, and then
a slightly decrease to 700 in March. Over the next two months, letter or email still remained
the reduction from 700 to nearly 400 enquiries and then it was levelled off in June.