International tourism has brought about enormous benefits to many places. At the same time, there is concern about its impact on local inhabitants and 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.

Tourism

is one of the booming industries of

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time. International

tourism

gives

people

an opportunity to explore cultures worldwide and boosts the local economy.

However

, every coin has two sides,

rampant

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number of

tourists

turning up every year disrupts the normal life at the

tourist

destination.

Hence

, the number of

people

visiting a place has to be controlled. Globalisation has led to an exponential rise in global

tourism

.

Tourism

has many advantages

such

as financial upliftment of the native

people

of the

tourist

destination.

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of visitors ensures that the local

people

get employment as drivers, room service, chefs,etc. Local artists making handicrafts, jewellery get a helping hand from foreign

tourists

.

Such

employment helps locals to satisfy their basic needs and save money for the future.

For example

, the Indian state of Rajasthan is famous for its Palaces and Bandhani cloth. When international

tourists

arrive they prefer to stay at the medieval palaces which have been renovated as hotels to experience the grandeur. These palaces employ local

people

in various services mentioned previously.

People

insist on buying the Bandhani clothes as a reminder of their journey to India which helps the women who prepare

this

Bandhani cloth. Despite these advantages, the concerns about disruption of local life and environment cannot be considered invalid. Large throngs of

tourists

arriving at

tourist

hotspots

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the regular life of the native inhabitants in unimaginable ways. The trends suggest that

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of a place at

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hotspot makes it dependant on one industry which makes it highly vulnerable. There have been many environmental hazards due to

tourism

which may lead to

catastrophical

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catastrophic

events in the future.

For instance

, the Dal Lake of Jammu and Kashmir in India is now

completeley

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completely

polluted by the

waste water

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from the shikaras. The owners of these shikaras primarily entertain

tourists

for a living. To conclude, international

tourism

should be allowed only to the extent that our decisions should not come to haunt us in the

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future

.