ESSAY 17/2

International travel is becoming cheaper, and countries are opening their doors to
more and more tourists. Do the advantages of increased tourism outweigh its
disadvantages?

Thanks to international travel, many people have the opportunities to come to another
amazing places due to the opening door of many states to their countries. This is a worthy
achievement and also be known as a “million-dollar industry” because tourism seems to be
one of the elements help people refresh and have good time with families. The idea behind of
this also has its own drawbacks. Let’s take a look at both side of the issue.
On the one hand, the major benefit of tourism is considerable contribution to the
country’s economy and culture. Tourism helps countries advertise their images in the eyes of
another countries, tighten relationships between them, improve the economy of the nations.
In addition, it also raises the awareness and understanding of foreign travellers about the
countries. Tourists also have the opportunities to broaden their knowledge about various
cultures, different traditional things, historic facts from their trips and bring their good values
to another countries. Tourism also plays a crucial role in occupation for people. For instance,
many hotels and tourist attractions employ or hire people for their businesses.
However, these benefits are outweighed by the drawbacks. The development of
tourism bring with many problems such as health issues, criminal activities and
environmental damages. Tourism can do harm for countries or directly people. Many
contagious diseases such as n-COV or SARS that being spread by foreign travellers have an
impact on many nations. Also, theft is also the result of tourism. Tourists who carry valuable
items such as jewelries, smartphones, cameras and cash are usually at risk being stolen
because thieves thing they are rich. This type of industry also causes environmental
problems and the loss of local culture. In many countries, tourists are freely throwing litter
such as plastic products that many attractions are surrounded by litters. Loss of local culture
is another factor of international travel’s drawback that many tourists are prohibited from
visiting places such as mountains, caves or islands as they are under threat of tourists.
Moreover, those places also may be disappeared because of the need in developing tourism.
For example, they can be replaced by buildings, hotels, complex for children in the interest
of higher income instead of farming, local trade villages.
In conclusion, it seems that the potential drawbacks of international travel are more
significant that the possible benefits. It is expected that government and companies around
the world will promote this type of entertainment in the distant future.