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Some people think that hosting an international sporting event is beneficial for a country, while others disagree. Do the advantages of hosting a major sporting event outweigh the disadvantages?

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Nowadays, hosting
an international sporting occasions
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an international sporting occasion
international sporting occasions
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 may bring several benefits to the host
country
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, ranging from the higher number of visitors to financial income.
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, there are pros and cons in
this
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 situation. In my opinion, hosting an international event will increase income for
local
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the local
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government
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, advertising the
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country
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country's
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 culture
as well as
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an
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apply
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increasing
in
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tourism,
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nevertheless
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 it
also
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 brings negative effects
in
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on
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 local security, and it
required
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requires
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 a large amount of
money
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 from the
government
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.
To begin
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 with, the opportunity
of hosting
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to host
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 sports
of
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or
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 worldwide events
it
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is the best possible advertisement in culture to
substantial
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substantially
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 an increasing of tourism.
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, an event hosting
Summer
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the Summer
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 Olympics in Brisbane attracted a large number of visitors to Australia compared to the
last
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 couple of years.
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, another significant factor is the great potential of
such
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 events as a liable source of local
government
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 income and local community.
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, tennis grand slam tickets sold out
from
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a month earlier,
also
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 local
business
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businesses
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such
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 as hotels,
and
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restaurants, beer-clubs increasing
double
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of
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their profits in that month.
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, there are some disadvantages of hosting sports occasions
are
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such as
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 the organization and preparation of sporting events
require
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requiring
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 a vast sum of
money
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 and security
concern
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concerns
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 for
local
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the local
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 community.
In particular
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,
unfamiliarity
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the unfamiliarity
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 of tourists with the norms of the local
country
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 can give rise to
any
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law-breaking
behaviors
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behaviours
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 that may threaten the security of residents, most notably young children.
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, hosting
sport event
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sports events
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required
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requires
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 a lot of
money
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 to prepare.
This
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leading
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leads
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 to a financial deficit if the host
country
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 fails to dedicate adequate financial resources.
To sum up
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, hosting an international sport will
brings
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 several benefits to for local
government
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 and
local
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the local
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 community. Still, it
is
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has
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also
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 come with
the
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a
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rising
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rise
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 in
the
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law-breaking and
required
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requires
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 a large of
money
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.

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task achievement
Your essay generally addresses the task fairly well, but your argument could be strengthened by more thoroughly addressing how the advantages might outweigh the disadvantages. To improve, expand on your main points with more focused and comprehensive analysis.
coherence cohesion
Make sure to clearly distinguish your paragraphs with topic sentences and use cohesive devices to link ideas within and between paragraphs. This will improve the logical flow of your argument. Additionally, work on varying your sentence structures to enhance coherence.

Answer the 'Advantages and Disadvantages' topic

IELTS advantages and disadvantages questions normally give you a statement and ask you to comment on the advantages and disadvantages of that statement.

Answer structure for the type of essay

  • Introduction
  • Body paragraph 1 – advantages
  • Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
  • Conclusion

Examples to start your body paragraph:

  • The main advantage is...
  • The disadvantage of this...
  • The main benefit...
  • Despite these advantages...
  • One possible drawback...

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