Ielts sample essays collection

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IELTS SAMPLE ESSAYS COLLECTION 
VOLUME 1 – Academic Training 
http://ieltsonlinetests.com
 
Example 1
The first chart reflects the results of a survey by a group of UK residents on the 
purpose of their visit abroad for the period 1994 to 1998. Overall, there was an 
increase in the number of people travelling for the past 5 years
.
H
owever, during the 
year of 1995, there was a drop in the number of people travelling for holiday, 
business, visiting and other reasons. 
From the first chart, we can see that people travelling for holiday purposes had 
increased gradually from 15,246 in 1994 to 20,700 in 1998 although there was a 
slight dropp of 348 people in 1995. Among various reasons for travelling, holiday is 
the most sought
after 
purpose for people to travel, while travelling for other reasons 
is the lowest among all. The number of UK residents travelling hit the highest in 1998, 
a total of 28,828 people. 
The second chart shows the destinations that UK residents travelled to for the period 
1994 to 1998. From the chart, it was evident that the most popular destination was 
Western Europe. The number of people travelling to Western Europe started off from 
close to 20,000 people in 1994 to nearly 25,000 people in 1998. Although there was 
a slight drop in the total number of people travelling to Western Europe in 1995, but 
it was still the most popular destination among other countries. UK residents 
travelling to North America stayed pretty much the same from 1994 to 1995 and 
after which, it increased steadily where it reached about 2500 people in 1998. 
Similarly, UK residents travelling to other areas from 1994 to 1995 is about the same 
and after 1995, the number of people travelling to other areas increased to nearly 
2500.