Task 1 Academic 折線圖 Band 6 / 7 / 8 同題三版對照

The line graph below shows the number of international visitors arriving in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore between 2000 and 2020 (in millions).

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

Imagined data for reference:

| Year | Thailand | Malaysia | Singapore | |------|----------|----------|-----------| | 2000 | 10 | 11 | 8 | | 2005 | 13 | 16 | 9 | | 2010 | 16 | 25 | 12 | | 2015 | 30 | 26 | 15 | | 2019 | 40 | 26 | 19 | | 2020 | 7 | 4 | 3 |

The line graph shows the number of international visitors in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore from 2000 to 2020.

In 2000, Malaysia had 11 million visitors and it was the highest. Thailand had 10 million and Singapore had 8 million. Then the numbers went up. In 2010, Malaysia had 25 million, Thailand had 16 million and Singapore had 12 million. After 2010, Thailand grew very fast and became the highest. In 2019, Thailand had 40 million visitors, Malaysia had 26 million and Singapore had 19 million.

But in 2020, the numbers went down a lot because of the pandemic. Thailand dropped to 7 million, Malaysia dropped to 4 million and Singapore dropped to 3 million.

So we can see that Thailand became the most popular country for tourists between 2000 and 2020, but all three countries had a big drop in 2020.

The line graph compares the number of international visitors, measured in millions, received by Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore over a twenty-year period from 2000 to 2020.

Overall, all three countries experienced sustained growth in tourist arrivals for most of the period, before suffering a sharp decline in the final year. Thailand emerged as the dominant destination, overtaking Malaysia around 2015.

In 2000, Malaysia led with 11 million visitors, slightly ahead of Thailand at 10 million and Singapore at 8 million. Over the next decade, Malaysia's growth was particularly rapid, reaching 25 million by 2010, while Thailand and Singapore climbed more gradually to 16 and 12 million respectively.

Between 2010 and 2019, however, the positions shifted markedly. Thailand surged from 16 to 40 million, eclipsing Malaysia, which plateaued at around 26 million. Singapore's figure rose steadily to 19 million. In 2020, all three countries saw dramatic falls, with arrivals collapsing to just 7, 4, and 3 million respectively.

The line graph depicts international tourist arrivals, expressed in millions, in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore across the two decades from 2000 to 2020.

Overall, all three Southeast Asian nations experienced substantial growth in visitor numbers until 2019, but saw this progress virtually erased in 2020. The most striking development was Thailand's transformation from the second-smallest market in 2000 to a clear regional leader by the late 2010s.

In 2000, Malaysia marginally led the region with 11 million arrivals, narrowly outpacing Thailand's 10 million and Singapore's 8 million. Malaysia then enjoyed the steepest growth in the first decade, more than doubling to 25 million by 2010, while the other two rose only modestly.

The pattern inverted thereafter: Thailand's figures surged from 16 to 40 million between 2010 and 2019 — a near two-and-a-half-fold increase — while Malaysia's plateaued around 26 million and Singapore's climbed incrementally to 19 million. The pandemic year wiped out decades of growth across the board, with arrivals plunging to 7, 4, and 3 million respectively, returning all three markets below their 2000 baselines.

"But in 2020, the numbers went down a lot because of the pandemic."