Map: Island Development for Tourism Report (Band 9)
Band-9 Task 1 map report on island tourist development, with before-after structure, spatial vocabulary, and change-grouping technique.
The maps show an island before and after development for tourism. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features.
Band-9 sample report
The maps record an island's transformation from empty terrain to resort complex, with development concentrated on the western beaches and center.
Overall, the island gained accommodation, transport, and leisure infrastructure while its eastern wetlands remained untouched. Every beach except the far east acquired facilities; the interior shifted from blank space to service hub.
The western transformation is total. A reception block now anchors the island's heart, flanked by six beachfront bungalows to the west and nine more northwest, all connected by a looped vehicle track that did not exist. A restaurant sits north of reception, and a swimming pool lies just inland from the western beach — the island's leisure core assembled from nothing.
Access and circulation were engineered alongside. A new pier on the southern coast receives boats, feeding a footpath network that threads between bungalows, restaurant, and beach. Previously, no landing point or paths existed; visitors presumably beached boats informally.
Notably, the eastern third is deliberately preserved: wetlands, rocky shore, and open water remain exactly as before, suggesting planned containment rather than blanket development. The island now operates on two logics — exploited west, protected east — a zoning choice visible at a glance.
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Why this scores Band 9
Task Achievement (9): Overview captures transformation plus the preserved-east exception. Changes grouped by type (accommodation, leisure, access, preservation) with locations specified for each.
Coherence & Cohesion (9): West/interior/access/east sequence with spatial transitions. "Flanked," "threads," "anchored" sustain spatial register throughout.
Lexical Resource (9): Development precision: "resort complex," "flanked," "looped track," "threads between," "beached informally," "planned containment." Confident map vocabulary.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy (9): Passive for construction, active for interpretation, concessive framing. Exact prepositions throughout.
Vocabulary to steal
- empty terrain to resort — transformation arc
- anchors the heart — central positioning
- leisure core — facility cluster (precise phrase)
- threads between — path routing (vivid verb)
- planned containment — deliberate preservation
- two logics — dual-zone interpretation close
FAQs
How do I organize a before-after map?
Group changes by zone or type: accommodation cluster, transport links, leisure facilities. Grouped changes replace aimless left-to-right scanning.
What vocabulary describes new construction?
Purpose-built, erected, laid out, converted, demolished, connected by. Construction verbs plus spatial prepositions carry map reports.
How passive should map reports be?
Freely passive for construction: hotels were built, paths were laid. Maps describe what was done to places, so passive is natural — but mix actives to avoid monotony.
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