Tourism has increased so much over the last 50 years that is having a mainly negative impact on local inhabitants and the environment. However, others claim that is good for the economy. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of tourism and give your own opinion.

Visits to important tourist destinations around the world have

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grown

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considerably over the

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half century, and some people would say that

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situation can be harmful for the people and environment in those places, while others may think that the increasing number of

travelers

a person who changes location

travellers

could be beneficial for the economy.

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massive

tourism

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can contribute to the generation of employment opportunities, I believe that ill-mannered tourists can be a treat to historic buildings. The main benefit of

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is that the significant demand for going to famous locations,

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as the Versailles Palace in France, or the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, contributes to the financial progress of the town, city or nation where the attraction is by creating jobs to maintain the site

in adequate

lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

inadequate

conditions for being visited, and for satisfying the necessities of goers and locals.

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, the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is the most visited art museum in the world, and it requires around 10,000 workers to function properly.

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,

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is not the most important source of employment in important historic sites, and authorities should be more focused on preserving their destinations rather than exploiting them.

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, one of the drawbacks of massive

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is that it has led to irreparable damages to important monuments and buildings, and

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may have happened thanks to the misbehaviour and ignorance of foreign visitors, because some of them do not care about the

wellbeing

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well being

of the place they visit.

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, a group of Chinese citizens were arrested while sightseeing London in 2016 because they were caught vandalising the statues located in Trafalgar Square, which are made from a special type of marble. I believe that

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behaviour is unacceptable, and governments in all countries should implement measures to protect their national landmarks. In conclusion,

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tourism

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might boost the economy of popular destinations, it can

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be a threat to the preservation of historic monuments.