Tourism today creates a variety of problems, such as pollution due to flights, transport and dirty water. Do you think that governments should impose extra taxes on flights or accommodation to restrict today’s tourism industry?

In these contemporary days,
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ever-increasing
tourism
has made
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world a global village;
however
, it has brought numerous dire consequences including burgeoning of pollution owing to
air
and road transport and polluted water. In order to control it, It is believed by a vast section of the society that the tariffs should be introduced by authority on flights or accommodation. I strongly agree with
this
view and in my discourse ahead, the ideas in
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of my belief are discussed.
To begin
with, it seems obvious to see that extra tax on
air
tickets would restrict
air
travelling.
This
is because the final cost to passengers for
air
journey will be higher if
government
impose more taxes. Resultantly, people's preference to go overseas during holidays would be changed and they prefer to visit local
tourist
attractions which ultimately would reduce serious effects of it on
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.
For example
, as per
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published in the Toronto Times in 2019 Singapore airlines imposed
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% tax on domestic airlines which had reduced
air
travelling by 30% compared to
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year.
Thus
,
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initiative by enforcing taxes would restrict
tourism
.
Additionally
, another prominent measure to control tourists' movement at
tourist
places
is additional charges by local bodies on accommodation.
In other words
, due to extra
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, visitors will have to pay more to enjoy at
tourist
places
.
This
would certainly restrict
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of international and local guests'
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to various
places
which ultimately reduced unwanted outcomes.
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best illustration is the
Canada
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government
started to charge
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20% tax on all luxurious hotels at
tourist
places
which
has
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restricted
tourism
by 15% which
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curtail water pollution.
Thus
, the stringent measure by
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can minimize
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effects of
tourism
. In conclusion, while the growth in
tourism
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industry has numerous unequivocal positives, according to me, I think to curb its inevitable impacts
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environment
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, the
government
should start to charge more to
air
tickets and bookings at
tourist
attractions.
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  • carbon footprint
  • ecological impact
  • sustainability
  • eco-friendly
  • carbon emissions
  • environmental degradation
  • economic dependency
  • tax revenue
  • sustainable tourism
  • regulation
  • policy measures
  • consumer behavior
  • incentives
  • disincentives
  • green tourism
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