The Government’s investment in arts, music and theatre is a waste of money. Government should invest these funds in public services instead .To what extent do you agree with the statements?

The

world

's economic issues have long been a topic of numerous debates. In

this

regard, many people claim that the mandatory resources should be dedicated to merely public services

instead

of investment in other fields of interest

such

as

arts

,

music

and theatre. I, personally, totally refuse the mentioned argument for two reasons.

To begin

with, it is widely accepted that governments could make a profit through investing in

arts

and

music

-related issues. Tourists all around the

world

are curious to explore new cultures and folks and the best way to provide identity at an international level is to put money into artistic and cultural events. By producing goal-oriented movies, rituals and festivals not only plenty of job opportunities will be introduced for local people but

also

foreign people will have a chance to learn about the traditions,

music

and other aspects of an origin nation. By each iteration of

this

cycle, the number of international visitors increases and more income will be available to the host country. Turkey,

for instance

, in 2006, decided to devote a certain amount of their budget to introducing their heritage and tourist destinations using

arts

and movies to the

world

which has resulted in a countless number of tourists from different parts of the

world

inclining toward their country.

Furthermore

, the young citizens in a society without healthy leisure activities like concerts and theatres will obviously suffer embrace into foreign cultures.

This

would be troublesome for the simple reason that , in the long term, individuals may either forget their own traditions and ethical topics or even prey into undesirable habits

such

as drug addiction

due to

the shortage of recreational possibilities in the community. The latest statistics in Iran,

for example

, demonstrated that a high proportion of young residents choose foreign

music

instead

of their own traditional brand style. undoubtedly,

this

trend could contribute to the loss of national identity in the near future.

To sum up

, I am of the opinion that

although

developing public facilities and infrastructures should take priority in developing countries, reasonable investment in

arts

and

music

can not be determined as a waste of money because of the aforementioned reasons.