Tourism today creates a variety of problems, such as pollution due to flights, transport and dirty water. Do you think that governments should impose extra taxes on flights or accommodation to restrict today’s tourism industry?

Travelling today is simple to the extent that within twelve hours one can travel from Europe to Singapore, crossing nearly the whole globe. Based on

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simplicity,

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has changed significantly over the years. While in the past a family would be proud to drive two hours to a lake, many families now think nothing of travelling to the far side of the world.

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has a downside as increased

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is a result. Extra

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on flights or

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been offered as a solution so as to increase the cost of

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and reduce its popularity. No matter what major transportation is used, travelling creates

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. To decrease the amount of

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caused by

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, the

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industry itself would have to be weakened. If these increased

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are based on travelling distance, people would be more willing to stay closer to their home country, as for many even a slight increase would mean that their planned holidays would be too expensive.

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would raise holiday costs no matter the distance travelled.

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, if increased

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were levied on travel and

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pollution

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would decrease.

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, the main transport methods that would be impacted by imposing extra

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would be communal ones,

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as planes, trains and buses, and increasing the

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impact non-tourists.

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, holidays are a vital part of ordinary people’s lives, as they escape from work and stress, and get to spend valuable time with their families. Stopping people travelling would greatly impact some simple pleasures of ordinary life. In conclusion, while

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impacts the environment significantly, simply introducing extra

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on transport or

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is a drastic measure. It could be more valuable to change the methods of transportation to decrease

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people stay close to home.