Foreign visitors should pay more than local visitors for cultural and historical attractions. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
It is sometimes argued that
tourists
from overseas should be charged more than local residents to visit important sites
and monuments. I completely disagree with this
idea. The argument in favour of higher prices for foreign tourists
would be that cultural or historical attractions often depend on state subsidies to keep them going, which means that the resident population already pays money to these sites
through the tax system. However
, I believe this
to be a very shortsighted view. Foreign tourists
contribute to the economy of the host country
with the money they spend on a wide range of goods and services, including food, souvenirs, accommodation and travel. The governments and inhabitants of every country
should be happy to subsidise important tourist sites
and encourage people from the rest of the world to visit them. If travellers realised that they would have to pay more to visit historical and cultural attractions in a particular nation, they would perhaps decide not to go to that country
on holiday. To take the UK as an example, the tourism industry and many related jobs rely on visitors coming to the country
to see places like Windsor Castle or Saint Paul’s Cathedral. These two sites
charge the same price regardless of nationality, and this
helps to promote the nation’s cultural heritage. If overseas tourists
stopped coming due to
higher prices, there would be a risk of insufficient funding for the maintenance of these important buildings. In conclusion, I believe that every effort should be made to attract tourists
from overseas, and it would be counterproductive to make them pay more than local residents.Submitted by Weallneedit9 on
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite