The tourist industry has grown enormously over the last fifty years and there are few places which are unaffected by it. However, tourism rarely benefits the countries which tourists visit. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

There has been a significant increase in the number of people who are travelling around and

this

trend is likely to continue as travelling has become one of individuals’ one of

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pastimes.

However

, some people argue that

such

a trend brings no benefit to the

host

country

while

as I see it, the booming

tourism

industry

benefits the tourist destinations in many aspects. It is obvious that

tourism

promotes the local economy. Numerous visitors flood into the area spending tons of money

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on transportation, hotels, restaurants

as well

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a variety of recreational activities, which will definitely boost the entire economy of the area.

This

point is best illustrated with the example of Greece where the

tourism

industry

contributes to

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a

major part of the country’s GDP.

In addition

,

host

countries

can

also

benefit culturally. By travelling to

any

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other foreign

countries

, visitors gain a

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perspective of foreign cultures

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thereby promoting

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mutual understanding between different nations which is

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best interests of both visitors and local

countries

. Admittedly, there are some cases

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where uncontrolled

tourism

can negatively impact the

host

countries

.

For example

, a multitude of tourists crowded into the

host

country and it will cause disturbance to the local residents. In some extreme cases, tourists may produce a huge amount of rubbish and may even damage the local cultural heritage sites.

However

, these unpleasant behaviours of tourists are still a minor part of the whole

tourism

industry

and with proper management and regulation, all these negative impacts can be minimized or even avoided completely.

To sum up

, the ever-growing

tourism

industry

is beneficial to tourist destinations in terms of their economy and culture, but we still need to pay more attention to

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the local environment and local residents.