Countries are becoming more and more similar because people are able to buy the same products anywhere in the world Do you think this is a postive or negative development?
Since the world became borderless and the advent of the internet, many countries lost their uniqueness because
people
can purchase the same product from everywhere.Although
this
trend has some benefits, personally I believe that the drawbacks outweigh the advantages because the impact could affect tourism and the loss of their identity.
There are several advantages of this
trend. To begin
with, logistic transportation and the internet create lots of benefits for product makers to sell and promote their outputs over the world. For instance
, Indonesia
's batik
could be purchased through an e-commerce app even if someone is located in England. Moreover
, people
can get a product that they wanted without visiting the offline shop which is located overseas which is costly. To illustrate, Indonesian people
can buy original Chinese ceramic plates through Alibaba apps so they are able to afford them at a cheaper price.
However
, this
development has major drawbacks, such
as less tourism and loss of authenticity. First,
due to
the easiness of buying special products from one country so it impacts tourism become less over time, for ,example people
can buy Indonesia
's batik
from Australia without coming to Solo, Pekalongan, or Yogyakarta cities which is the origin of batik
as well as
less tourist come to that cities decrease an income to local people
as well. Moreover
, the country can lose their identity since the uniqueness or special products is able to generate in some places, such
as Indonesia
's batik
made by China factories and spread across the globe. Thus
, people
will have miss interpretation that thinks batik
is derived from China ,not Indonesia
.
In conclusion, based on the two aforementioned reasons the drawbacks of this
development outpaced the benefits . Thus
, I believe this
is a negative development for the world.Submitted by conk.addict on
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