Tourism is becoming increasingly important as a source of revenue to many countries, but its disadvantages should not be overlooked. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some

people

believe that

although

tourism

plays a vital role in the economy of a

country

, yet demerits can not be ignored. I agree with

this

notion to a large extent and reasons to strengthen my viewpoint are put forth in the subsequent paragraphs. On the one hand,

tourism

assists the government to generate huge revenue for the

country

. It is primarily due to the collection of important foreign exchange from the

tourist

that

this

revenue is earned. Apart from

this

, fees charged in the form of entry tickets to the various historical monuments

also

aid the government in enhancing revenue. To exemplify, the

tourist

industry contributes 30% to the economy of the Asian

country

Thailand as historical places and a large number of beaches attract

people

around the world to visit

this

country

. It clearly depicts that

tourism

is imperative for

this

country

.

On the other hand

, the prominent disadvantage of

tourism

is that visitors can hamper the cleanliness of

tourist

locations. It is generally seen that these places are full of litter and rubbish due to the irresponsibilities of the travellers towards maintaining hygiene at these sites. Not only

this

, thronging of famous cities by visitors can create a nuisance to local

people

as congestion on roads can lead to traffic jams. To illustrate, hill stations often suffer from high traffic in the summer season due to the influx of tourists in order to get respite from hot weather.

This

can, sometimes, create commuting problems for the native

people

as roads get filled with vehicles. Yet another disadvantage of

tourism

is that it affects negatively the indigenous culture of a

tourist

destination. To explain, since aboriginal

people

often try to use attire and language of the foreign visitors, it is likely that

this

development can adversely impact the culture in a long run.

For example

, in India, many

people

have started to wear pants and shirts and forgetting traditional wears like kurta and so on, thereby,

similarly

, extinction many other traditional rituals. To conclude,

although

tourism

is contributing to the GDP od a nation, still, I believe, countries should not become fully dependent on the tourists as it can impinge the tradition and cleanliness of a nation.