BAND 6.0 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLE: COMPARING LEISURE ACTIVITIES OF TOURISTS IN GREECE - AUGUST 2019 ANALYSIS

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The chart shows the average number of hours each day that Chinese, American, Turkish and Brazilian tourists spent doing leisure activities while on holiday in Greece in August 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

Essay Sample

The bar graph gives information about the number of hours that are spent on free-time acitivities by tourists from China, America, Turkey and Brazil while on holiday in Greece in August 2019. These activities include spending time at the beach, reading books and visiting places,
Overall, there was a difference in the number of hours that tourists spent doing leisure activities. Reading books is spent most hours by Chinese and American tourists while Turkish and Brazillian tourists prefer enjoying the beach. Visiting places in Greece has the fewest hours which was spent by all tourists from 4 different countries.
Firstly, Chinese tourists spent most of their free time on reading books, with 8 hours per day. Only 3 hours was spent on enjoying the beach. Visiting places has the fewest spending hours, which 1 hour each day. For Amercian tourists, they spent 4 hours at the beach, 5 hours reading books and 3 hours visiting places.
Tourists from Turley spent 5 hours per day at the beach, which is much higher than reading books. Reading books is spent for 4 hours, which is for both Turkish and Brazilian tourists, The fewest hours was spent on visiting places, with 3 and 2 hours by Turkish and Brazillian tourists respectively. Tourists from Brazil also preferred spending their time at the beach for 6 hours, which is highest number of hours was spent at the beach.