Is it good for children to start using computers from an early age and spend long hours on them? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages.
Over the past few decades the international tourism industry has gone through a boom period. Cheap air
travel
, in particular
, has allowed ordinary working class people to travel
to more international destinations than ever before. In this
essay, I shall refer to number of sociological studies to show why – contrary to popular opinion – domestic travel
should initially
take precedence over international travel
.
To begin
with, people’s knowledge of their own countries and culture has grown increasingly sketchy. This
is largely because foreign brands, television shows and cultural objects flood local markets. For example
, The Asian Cultural Society found that Japanese teenagers knew more about American television series
than 19th Century Japanese woodcuts. It should Suggestion
the American television series
therefore
be clear that citizens need to know much more about their own countries, and that visits to local cultural centres should occur before visits to remote countries.
Secondly
, people reap high economic benefits if they are well-travelled in their country of birth. This
is because local travel
, in particular
, opens up business opportunities. For example
, the Korean Society for Entrepreneurship found that 40% of successful start-up companies were run by individuals who had travelled extensively in Korea and sniffed out small openings in developmentally neglected areas. Seen in this
light, local travel
can also
be of vital economic significance
To conclude, although
few would argue outright against foreign travel
, there are certainly reasons why domestic travel
is initially
preferable. In the future, as some of the hype surrounding foreign travel
dies down, these reasons will no doubt appear more attractive and conspicuous.Submitted by sandroleung on
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Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic
IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.
Answer structure for the type of essay
- Introduction
- Body paragraph 1 – advantages
- Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
- Conclusion
Examples to start your body paragraph:
- The main advantage is...
- The disadvantage of this...
- The main benefit...
- Despite these advantages...
- One possible drawback...