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This line chart reflects the changes in total ticket Sales at Student Travel in 2007. The overall trend shows a fluctuation from January to November followed by a stable at the end of the year. As can be observe from the line chart, the sales volume of ticket was 10000 in January, which increased significant to the first peak in April, with the number 35000 approximately. After a trough in May, the figure had soared dramatically to 5000, which followed by the second trough in July, and then rocketed sharply to the highest peak, which almost doubled the first peak. Those fluctuations could be the resole of a number of factors. The first peak almost due to the Easter break which has a one-week holiday for travelling. Furthermore the second peak in July could again be attributed to Mid-semester break, student can travel to abroad in this four weeks holidays. After four month study, there is a summer break from November to February, so a great number of oversea student come back to home by booking the student travel ticket for a cheaper price, this reason probably due to the highest peak in the beginning of November. In summary, it is clearly seen that there is a definite link between ticket sales and University holidays.