The ease of international travel and the spread of various kinds of mass media all over the world have made it more possible than ever for people to know how other people live in other countries. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

International travelling has become affordable for most

people

in developed

countries

and the spread of mass

media

even reached the whole world.

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phenomenon

leads to a better knowledge of the way of life of other

nations

. But do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? The advantage of touring around all over the world is that

people

from different

nations

and cultures come together and understand each other much better.

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,

travelers

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from rich

countries

see for themselves how poor citizens live and

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they reflect on their own wealth.

On the other hand

, the various kinds of mass

media

all over the world allow

people

of different social classes to inform

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themselves

theirselves

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how other persons live. Having the opportunity of watching TV-

programms

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programs

programmes

of other

countries

keeps us aware of what is going on elsewhere. Nowadays the internet enables us to get much more information about other

nations

than we ever did.

Nevertheless

, there are not only advantages. International travelling

also

causes problems between different cultures when

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don't respect the way of living and traditions of the residents of the visited

countries

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their religious attitudes. The widespread of mass

media

leads the poorer society to the knowledge of how more comfortable richer

nations

live, what they eat or what kind of wealth they possess.

This

fact often makes

people

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jealous

and give rise to anger and disappointment. It is certainly one reason for the huge amount of refugees coming from Africa to Europe in the hope of a better life. To sum up, even though there are a lot of disadvantages, I think that the advantages outweigh them. In times of modern techniques and

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there is a better understanding

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each other than we had in the past.