These days it is so much easier for many people to travel to different countries for tourism than in the past. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

During the past
decades
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chances of travelling have increased
due to
the impact of globalisation
in
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our
life
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. The majority of folks often
believes
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that there aren’t any disadvantages
about
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this
development,
while
other opine
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that
this
evolution led us to major issues that I will discuss in depth in the following paragraphs. On the one hand, travelling nowadays is way easier than in the past, where moving from
a
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country to another for tourism was considered a real privilege that only
people
with a strong economic situation could achieve.
To begin
with, There is a vast range of tickets with different
inclusion
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and prices in order to reach
people
with all budgets and needs.
Then
, there
are
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new ways to travel as transports evolved too:
airplanes
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, trains, cars and so on… overseas
travels
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in the past were possible just by boat, and it used to take months to reach another continent,
while
nowadays just a few hours.
Furthermore
, travelling has increased the level of cultured
people
, it is known that exploring new cultures helps to push the boundaries of knowledge and leads
people
to be more curious and open with their minds,
this
is one of the
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why
people
from the past were full of prejudices.
On the other hand
, there are
people
who are grateful
to
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this
change
,
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but still think negatively about the consequences,
such
as pollution and
consequently
climate change. It is known that airplanes, trains and all
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transportations
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transportation
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are a danger
for
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the climate
that is
a matter that we are desperately trying to solve. In my
opinion
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we should look for measures that still allow us to travel but in a more sustainable way, I think governments are looking for solutions in order to solve
this
issue.
To conclude
,
while
there are certainly disadvantages to
this
development, and governments should prioritise them, I firmly believe that the advantages are way more.
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Pay more attention to paraphrasing the prompt in the introduction. Ensure that all body paragraphs are focused on the advantages and disadvantages of easier travel, as per the prompt. Use more topic sentences to clearly present each main point in the body paragraphs.
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