‘Tourism is always a force for good which enables people of different countries to understand each other.’ To what extent do you agree with this idea? You should give reasons for your answer, and include ideas and examples from your own knowledge and experience.

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The role of
tourism
in the world today is widely debated, with some people claiming that it is indeed a force for international understanding.
However
, I personally do not entirely accept
this
, and I will explain why in
this
essay.
Firstly
, we must consider the potential negatives of contact between cultures.
For example
, when
western
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tourists
visit untouched parts of the world, their stay causes pollution for local societies. We see
this
in the litter left at Machu Picchu in Peru, and in the damage to ecology caused by safari
tourism
in Africa.
Furthermore
, there are numerous examples of tension between
tourists
and local cultures, ranging from drunken British
tourists
in Europe to American ‘spring breakers’ in Canadian or Latin American resorts. In these cases,
tourism
actually leads to resentment and distrust between nationalities, not
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understanding. A
further
reason to be wary of
this
idea is the economic aspect. It is sometimes said that
tourism
improves international relations because it encourages the flow of money from wealthy to less developed countries. In reality,
however
, the wealth generated usually stays in the hands of private companies or local officials
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and rarely drips down into the population. Many of us have visited less developed nations as
tourists
, and have witnessed
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the poverty that exists outside the confines of the resort hotels. We leave with the impression that our stay has contributed nothing to the lives of those we have observed.
This
is not to say that
tourism
is entirely bad, of course. There are benefits in terms of improving local infrastructure
such
as roads and airports. But to say that it is ‘always a force for good’ is to ignore the various problems it causes.
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