International tourism is now more common than ever before. Some feel that this is a positive trend, while others do not. What are your opinion on this?

International

tourism

has increased considerably in the

last

50 years. While

this

industry has certainly created a great deal of

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for many destination

countries

, I believe that it has actually caused far more

problems

than it has solved. The following are just two of the main difficulties involved with international

tourism

. One particularly serious issue is that international travel has brought western

problems

to developing

countries

. Only wealthy people can afford to travel overseas.

As a result

, increasing numbers of tourists from rich( mostly western )

countries

now holiday in poorer

countries

like Thailand and Indonesia. In many of these places,

this

flood of tourists is closely associated with

such

problems

as prostitution, alcoholism and drug abuse.

Although

international

tourism

can certainly bring people together and create greater cross-cultural understanding,

this

will probably not happen while it is still

such

a powerful sign of western power and lack of moral standards. Even more worrying,

however

, is the damage that international

tourism

has caused to the environment in many parts of the world. Australia’s

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Barrier Reef is an especially good example of

this

– large areas of coral reef have been slowly destroyed by the thousands of boats, scuba divers and snorkelers that have visited it over the years.

Likewise

, Bali’s famous Kuta Beach is now often covered in litter from the crowds who go there. In order to maintain

such

tourist attractions, I feel we must regulate international

tourism

more carefully. To conclude, it is clear that the difficulties created by the growing international tourist trade are complicated and many. While they are certainly not impossible to overcome, I believe these

problems

will probably continue for some time.