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Writing Task 1

Tourist Office Inquiries
Nicky Nguyen
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The chart shows requests for information at a tourist office in the United Kingdom from January to June.

The line graph details the number of information inquiries at a particular tourist office in the UK between January and June. 

Overall, telephone and in-person requests increased dramatically while by-letter/ email inquiries declined over the period. Requests made in person, despite being the least popular at the beginning of the year, had surpassed those who inquired through telephone to become the most prominent by June while information requested by letter/ email ended the timeline at the lowest position.

By-telephone requests commenced the period leading all categories at around 900 inquiries, dropped slightly to 800 in February, regained their momentum, and rose to 1,000 a month later when there was a plateau until April. This category then saw a significant growth to peak at 1,600 at the end of the time surveyed. By contrast, in-person requests, though beginning as the least sought-after method of inquiry, registered a precipitous growth, rising gradually to 800 in March and then more significantly by around 400 inquiries per month to approximately 1,900 in June while intersecting at the same time with telephone at 1,000 halfway through March.

Requests made by letter/ email fell slightly from less than 800 in January to about 700 in March with a subsequent decrease to below 400 in May before a levelling-off until June. There was also an intersection with in-person inquiries at around 700 requests halfway through February. 

Essay breakdown

Structure

Introduction

[1] The line graph details the number of information inquiries at a particular tourist office in the UK between January and June. 

[2] Overall, telephone and in-person requests increased dramatically while by-letter/ email inquiries declined over the period. [3] Requests made in person, despite being the least popular at the beginning of the year, had surpassed those who inquired through telephone to become the most prominent by June while information requested by letter/ email ended the timeline at the lowest position.

  1. Write a general statement to rephrase the topic.
  2. Write a clear overview to illustrate the overall trend of the given figures in the chart.
  3. Continue to develop the overview by displaying further details about the outstanding features of the line chart. 

Body 1

[1] By-telephone requests commenced the period leading all categories at around 900 inquiries, dropped slightly to 800 in February, regained their momentum, and rose to 1,000 a month later when there was a plateau until April. [2] This category then saw a significant growth to peak at 1,600 at the end of the time surveyed. [3] By contrast, in-person requests, though beginning as the least sought-after method of inquiry, registered a precipitous growth, rising gradually to 800 in March and then more significantly by around 400 inquiries per month to approximately 1,900 in June while intersecting at the same time with telephone at 1,000 halfway through March.

  1. Start the paragraph by giving details of the leading figure (by-telephone requests) during the first four months. 
  2. Continue to display the progress of the mentioned data till the end of the time surveyed. 
  3. Describe how in-person requests changed during the given period – extending the point by making a comparison with telephone requests – two figures intersected each other halfway through March. 

Body 2

[1] Requests made by letter/ email fell slightly from less than 800 in January to about 700 in March with a subsequent decrease to below 400 in May before a levelling-off until June. [2] There was also an intersection with in-person inquiries at around 700 requests halfway through February. 

  1. Display the statistics of the requests made by letter/ email in the given period
  2. Extend the point by making a comparison with in-person inquiries – two figures intersect halfway through February. 

Vocabulary

The line graph details the number of information inquiries at a particular tourist office in the UK between January and June. 

Overall, telephone and in-person requests increased dramatically while by-letter/ email inquiries declined over the period. Requests made in person, despite being the least popular at the beginning of the year, had surpassed those who inquired through telephone to become the most prominent by June while information requested by letter/ email ended the timeline at the lowest position.

By-telephone requests commenced the period leading all categories at around 900 inquiries, dropped slightly to 800 in February, regained their momentum, and rose to 1,000 a month later when there was a plateau until April. This category then saw a significant growth to peak at 1,600 at the end of the time surveyed. By contrast, in-person requests, though beginning as the least sought-after method of inquiry, registered a precipitous growth, rising gradually to 800 in March and then more significantly by around 400 inquiries per month to approximately 1,900 in June while intersecting at the same time with telephone at 1,000 halfway through March.

Requests made by letter/ email fell slightly from less than 800 in January to about 700 in March with a subsequent decrease to below 400 in May before a levelling-off until June. There was also an intersection with in-person inquiries at around 700 requests halfway through February. 

  • Inquiry (noun): an official process to find out the cause of something or to find out information about something
  • Dramatically (adv): significantly/ considerably 
  • the least popular: the lowest 
  • surpass (verb): to do or be better than somebody/something
  • the most prominent: the highest
  • commence (verb): to start/ to begin
  • regain (their momentum): recover, bounce back, 
  • plateau (noun): a time of little or no change after a period of growth or progress
  • to peak (verb): to reach the highest point 
  • the time surveyed:  the given period 
  • the least sought-after method:  the least favorable method 
  • precipitous (adjective): sudden and great
  • intersect (verb): to meet or cross each other
  • subsequent (adjective): happening or coming after something else
  • a levelling-off: the state of remaining unchanged/ stable

Reading:

Further reading about this topic can be found here:

https://www.unwto.org/international-tourism-growth-continues-to-outpace-the-economy

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