Over the last few decades, there has been an increase in international tourism. Some people think that tourism is beneficial for local communities and should be encouraged. To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

The
first
bar chart illustrates how the
number
of marriages and divorces changed in the USA from 1970 to 2000, while the
second
one compares the percentage of four different types of marital status in 1970 and 2000. It was clear that the
number
of marriages was much higher (about twice) than that of divorces throughout the whole period. To be more specific, the
number
of the former kept the same in 1970 and 1980, with 2.5
millions
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people married.
Then
the
number
showed a downward
trend
, ending at 2
millions
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in 2000.
However
, the
number
experienced some fluctuations. Only about 1
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divorced, the
number
reached its peak at approximately 1.48
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in 1980, followed by a falling
trend
. In the USA, most people chose to get married, despite a falling
trend
.
By contrast
, residents who never got married experienced an opposite
trend
, rising to 20 per cent. And the percentage of widowed and divorced was always very low, never over 10 per cent in both 1970 and 2000. Overall, the
number
of couples in the USA gradually decreased but the percentage of singles — never married and divorced — ascended.
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