IELTS Task 1 line graph: Visitors to three areas
The main features of this line graph: All three areas saw an overall increase in overseas visitors between 1987 and 2007. The coast finished with the highest number of visitors at around 75 thousand, while the mountains had the lowest at approximately 35 thousand.
50 students’ answers below, each marked by Axiom, from band 5.0 to 9.0. Updated on 23 October 2026.
The question
The graph below shows the number of overseas visitors to three different areas in a European country between 1987 and 2007.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparison where relevant.
Show the data
| The coast | The mountains | The lakes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 40 | 20 | 10 |
| 1992 | 35 | 25 | 25 |
| 1997 | 48 | 30 | 40 |
| 2002 | 62 | 31 | 75 |
| 2007 | 75 | 35 | 50 |
What your overview should cover
An answer reaches the higher Task Achievement bands only with a clear overview of the main features, not every number. For this line graph, that means:
- All three areas saw an overall increase in overseas visitors between 1987 and 2007.
- The coast finished with the highest number of visitors at around 75 thousand, while the mountains had the lowest at approximately 35 thousand.
- The lakes had the most significant peak across the period, reaching about 75 thousand visitors in 2002 before falling significantly by 2007.
How answers to this question were marked
Axiom marked 51 answers to this question between 12 August 2024 and 6 July 2026. Their average overall band was 6.5, and coherence & cohesion was most often the weakest criterion (80% of answers). Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
- Task achievement
- 6.8
- Coherence & cohesion
- 6.3
- Lexical resource
- 6.5
- Grammar & accuracy
- 6.5
| 5.0 or below | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5–6.0 | 17 | |
| 6.5–7.0 | 14 | |
| 7.5 or above | 13 |
Students’ answers on this question, marked by Axiom
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #50
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph compares three parts of a country in Europe according to the number of visitors from 1987 to 2007. Overall, though the number of foreign visitors of all…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #49
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph compares changes in the number of foreign visitors to three visitor destinations of a European country from 1987 to 2007. All figures measured in…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #48
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph compares changes in the number of foreign visitors to three visitor destinations of a European country from 1987 to 2007. The numbers are measured in…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #47
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph compares the trajectory of foreigners visiting to three different locations, namely, the coast, the mountains and the lakes in a European country over two…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #46
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph compares the trajectory of foreigners visiting to three different locations, namely, the coast, the mountains and the lakes in a European country over two…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #45
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph illustrates overseas visitors who visited three different locations in a European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the coast was the most visited area…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #44
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 7.0
The chart compares foreigners’ visits to three different recreational areas in a European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, a universal rising trend can be seen in the…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #43
Task achievement 4.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 7.0
The chart compares participation rates of various sports in a particular region from 1985 to 2005. Overall, despite initial dominance, the number of rugby players fell…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #42
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph illustrates the number of tourists visiting the coast, mountains, and lakes of a particular country in Europe from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the number of…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #41
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The graph illustrates the number of overseas travelers to three different places in a European country between 1987 and 2007. These kinds of areas include the coast,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #40
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph provides information on the number of foreign tourists to three different areas in a European country between 1987 and 2007. Overall, the number of people…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #39
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph compares three oversea areas-the coast, the mountains, and the lakes in terms of their visitors in a particular European country from 1987 to 2007,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #38
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph compares three European areas, namely coast, lakes and mountains between 1987 to 2007. Units are represented in thousands. Overall, the coast showed…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #37
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph illustrates the number of travelers who visited three various places in a European nation between 1987 and 2007. Overall, it can be seen that the quantity…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #36
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph demonstrates data about how many people visited three different parts of a European country over a period from 1987 to 2007 . Overall, what stands out from…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #35
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates how many overseas people visited the coast, mountains and lakes in a European country over a 20-year period from 1987 to 2007. Overall, it is…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #34
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates how many overseas people visited the coast, mountains and lakes in a European country over a 10-year period from 1987 to 2007. Overall, it is…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #33
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates how many overseas people visited the coast, mountains and lakes in a European country over a 10-year period from 1987 to 2007. Overall, it is…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Answer #32
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph illustrates the number of overseas visitors to three tourist areas in a European country — the coast, the mountains, and the lakes — over a 20-year period…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #31
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The provided line graph illustrates the number of oversea visitors to three various areas in European country-the lakes, the coast, and the mountains from 1987 to 2007.…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #30
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The graph compares the number of foreign travellers that visited three different types of areas in a particular European country over a twenty year period from 1987 to…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #29
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 6.0
The given graph illustrates the number of foreign visitors to three attractions in unknown countries in Europe over the period of 1987 to 2007. Overall, the coast was…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #28
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates data about the number of foreign countries’ visitors to three different areas: the coast, the mountains, and the lakes in a European country…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #27
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph illustrates the number of overseas visitors (in thousands) to three different areas – the coast, the mountains, and the lakes – in a European country…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #26
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph demonstrates how many foreign visitors went to the coast, mountains, and lakes of a particular country in Europe from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the number of…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #25
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph compares how many international tourists visited three different natural sightseeing places in a particular country in Europe from 1987 to 2007. Overall,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #24
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph illustrates the changes in the number of people who visited three particular areas in a European country over a 20-year period from 1987 to 2007. Overall,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #23
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph shows that how many overseas visitors visited into the different areas of European country friom 1 987 to 2007. Overall the number of visitors into the…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #22
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates how many international visitors, in thousand, visited three areas of a Eropean country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, it is obvious that the coast…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #21
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
The line graph gives information about the number of overseas people who visited the coast, mountains, and lakes in a European country in a 20-year period, 1987-2007.…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #20
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The graph illustrates the number of overseas visitors (in thousands) to three different areas—a coast, the mountains, and the lakes—in a European country between 1987 and…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.5
Answer #19
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
A glance at the line graph reveals the number of overseas visitors who went to three different areas—coast, mountains, and lakes—located in European countries from 1987…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #18
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates how many overseas people visited to three various area of a European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, it is obvious that all three different…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #17
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph represents information about the amount of overseas visitors to three different places in a European country from 1987 and 2007 Overall, it is evident that…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #16
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph compares 3 various areas located in one of European countries in terms of how many people from overseas visited there over 2 decades, starting from 1987.…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #15
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph gives information about how many visitors went to three various places in a European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the number of tourists visiting a…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #14
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph gives information about the number of overseas visitors to three areas in a country in Europe over a period of two decades between 1987 and 2007. Overall,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.5
Answer #13
Task achievement 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph illustrates the count of foreign tourists to three various locations in one European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, coasts remained dominant tourist…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #12
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates the changes in how many people visited to different three overseas places in European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, while the proportion…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #11
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph shows data on how many people visited three different areas in a European country during 20 years . Overall, visiting to the lakes was the most popular…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #10
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph shows the number of visitors who visited three regions of European countries whole the period. In general, significant increase trends the number of…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #9
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph illustrates how many foreigners visiting a coast,mountains and lake in a country in Europe throughout the 20-year period, starting from 1987. Overall,…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Answer #8
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 8.0
The line graph compares the number of travelers visiting three different areas – the coast, mountains, and lake – of one European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #7
Task achievement 7.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The line graph compares how many international visitors went to three various places ( the coast , the mountains and the lakes ) of a country in Europe from 1987 to 2007…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.5
Answer #6
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph shows how many foreign tourists paid a visit to three various areas of an unspecified European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the number of overseas…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 5.0
Answer #5
Task achievement 5.0, coherence 5.0, vocabulary 5.0, grammar 5.0
The line graph illustrates the amount of overseas visitors to the coast, the mountains and the Lakes in a European country from 1987 to 2007. Overall, the number of…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 9.0
Answer #4
Task achievement 9.0, coherence 9.0, vocabulary 9.0, grammar 9.0
The line graph illustrates the number of tourists from various countries who visited three different locations in a European country between 1987 and 2007. The figures…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 6.0
Answer #3
Task achievement 6.0, coherence 6.0, vocabulary 6.0, grammar 6.0
The given line graph illustrates the number of tourists from different countries to three various places in a European state in 2 decades ( from 1987 till 2007). The…
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