Writing task 1

The line graph illustrate data on the proportion of travelers to four major tourist destination in Brighton: Art Gallery, Pavilion, Pier and Festival.

Overall, Brighton Pavilion and Festival showed the opposite trend in attracting English tourists. By contrast, there similar changes in the percentage of English travelers to Brighton Art Gallery and Pier.

Brighton festival was the most popular attraction in 1980 with a visit percentage of 30%. However, its popularity started to decline between 1980 and 1995 and remain stable since the period. In contrast, Pavilion in Brighton attracted approximately 50% of English travelers in 1995, which is the highest amount in the 30-year period, but its popularity began dwindled to only 30% from 1995 to 2010

The percentage of tourists to Brighton Art Gallery peaked at nearly 40% in 1985 and lower steadily to roughly 10% in 2010, despite a slight increase from 1990 to 2000. The same trend also applied to Brighton Pier, where the proportion English visitors grew significantly to more than 20% in 2010, despite fluctuation between 1980 and 1995.