Foreign visitors should pay more than local visitors for cultural and historical attractions. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

It is sometimes argued whether tourists from overseas should be charged more than native residents for visiting

monuments

or not. I partly agree with

this

idea. On the one hand, it is understandable why many argue that foreign

visitors

should not pay more

money

for tourist sites. One of the main reasons is that it may create discrimination among them and lead to negative misunderstanding.

This

is because in these places, abroad

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and local

people

are provided

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same services, so foreign

visitors

would confuse why they have to pay more

money

than native

visitors

and they may think that the owners of these are abusing them.

Moreover

, they would feel that they are not welcomed by

this

country

.

As a result

, they would perhaps decide not to travel there.

This

will lead to the reduction of tourists, which affects the

country

’s economy dramatically in the long run. Another reason is that the holiday of foreign

people

contributes a considerable amount of

money

to the host

country

through the tax system and additional services

such

as goods, food, souvenirs, accommodation, and so on.

Therefore

, it is unfair to require them to pay an extra entrance fee.

On the other hand

, there are many reasons why the aboard

visitors

must expend extremely large amounts of cash to see and use the valuable

monuments

.

First

, most of the traditional and historical places are state-owned and the government funds those from the tax they collect from the local residences. It means that local residences are already paying a portion of the ticket

money

through the tax they pay to the government.

Therefore

, local residents should receive a partial discount when buying tickets to visit those

monuments

.

Second

, paying less will create

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conditions and incentives to encourage

people

to visit the national

monuments

more. One of the main purposes of the existence of

monuments

is to preserve and spread the history and culture of that

country

. It is the

people

of the

country

who most need to be exposed to and understand these histories and cultures.

Therefore

, local

people

should be allowed to pay less for visiting historical and cultural sites.

Finally

, the foreign

people

will be encouraged to carefully preserve the important

monuments

if they have a large amount of

money

for visiting there. In conclusion,

although

some

people

claim that the fee is paid for visiting tourist sites should be equal for abroad

people

and local inhabitants, I think that foreigners should outlay more and more

money

for some above reasons.