The tourist industry has grown enormously over the last fifty years and there are few places which are unaffected by it. However, tourism rarely benefits the countries which tourists visit. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

In recent years

tourism

has become one of the most vivid and growing sectors.

Although

some areas remained uncontaminated, the development of

tourism

doesn't always create benefits for the locations visited by tourists. In

this

essay, I will completely disagree with

this

statement.

Firstly

, I will discuss why the

tourism

sector could represent an opportunity to increase the local economy, and

secondly

, I will explore how local

communities

can benefit from having contact with other cultures. It seems clear that

tourism

brings a lot of money to the local

communities

.

For

this

reason, the inhabitants can invest these funds to improve their infrastructures and facilities.

As a result

, there will be positive effects on the local economy and,

consequently

, people will be able to come and visit the places.

Moreover

, the development of

tourism

may create new job offers, especially for young people.

For instance

, graduate students have the possibility to find employment in their birth town without the need to move abroad. Another point worth mentioning is the possibility to communicate with people from other cultures.

In other words

, tourists are a great source of new knowledge and traditions which local

communities

can learn from.

For example

, there will be a major need to improve and learn English well, since

this

is one of the most spoken languages around the globe. In conclusion, the

tourism

sector plays an important role around the globe in making more and more locations known to the public. In my opinion,

this

industry has helped the local places and their

communities

both economically and socially.