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International tourism has brought enormous benefits to many places. At the same time, there is concern about its impact on local inhabitants and the environment. Do the disadvantages of international tourism outweigh the advantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

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Several people believe that worldwide
tourism
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 has uncountable advantages to many communities where
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 has been established. In spite of the argument of negative implications of
tourism
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 on local dwellers, in my opinion, I believe that the merits far outweigh the drawbacks. To start with, the establishment of an
attraction
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attractive
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an area that is approximately central within some larger region
centre
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 has been seen as the major cause of exposure witnessed in
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 places.
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, many people all over the world do travel to Jerusalem as well as
Mecca
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a Mecca
 for yearly pilgrimage.
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, the popularity that these two cities had gained over the years.
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, the
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 of various cities and towns that developed so rapidly in the recent has been attributed to the
tourism
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 centres in those places. One clear example, was my experience when I travel to Oshogbo during my research work in the year 2000. Having been there two years earlier, I was amazed at the rapid growth and infrastructural
development
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 that had taken place.
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,
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 and activities have been a remarkable source of fund generation by various governments and government agencies. In Nigeria, about two -
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 of their annual revenue was from
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tourism sector
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the tourism sector
 of the economy.
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, more money
is being spend
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is spent
 on its
development
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 across the federation. To sum up,
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 many are of the view that
tourism
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 has negative impacts on the host communities, in my opinion, I believe that the benefits of the international
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 as community exposure, infrastructure
development
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 as well as revenue generation quite outweigh the disadvantages.

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