Do the benefits of tourism outweigh the costs?
With the development of society, tourism has become one of the most powerful and biggest industries in the development momentum of global economy. The industrial position and role of economy increase gradually in urban economic development social employment, driving force, as well as the promotion which is the key of culture and the environment becomes increasingly obvious.
Economic globalization benefits the world immensely, especially the prosperity of tourism. it has shows that figure of Chinese economic developmental rate in 2008.Receiving 130 million inbound tourists trips throughout the year, to achieve international tourism foreign exchange earnings from 40.843 billion dollars, respectively, over the previous year decreased by 1.4% and 2.6%; 1.712 billion times that the number of domestic tourists and revenue 874.93 billion yuan , an increase of 6.3% and 12.6%; Chinese citizens reached 45.8444 million passengers, have risen 11.9%; tourist income reaches 1.16 trillion yuan totally, have increased 5.8%.( The prospects for investment analysis and forecast report of Chinese tourism market 2010-2015)
It is a consensus that tourism can stimulate the economic development in a region, since tourism plays an important role in the acceleration of the improvement of service, such as transportation, accommodation, catering and other marginal business.
Furthermore, tourism can strengthen the interflow of cultures and traditions between the people in different regions. Trips to minority countries and regions render people a lot of new cultures and customs, which, presumably, have been handed down from old ages and enjoyed very splendid history. Formerly, people can only get some segments about the minorities from videos, films and other incomplete descriptions on books. Now, tourists have more opportunities to communicate or even live with the minority people and acquire first-hand knowledge about them, which provides the researchers with a lot of authentic information.
Admittedly, tourism damages the natural environment in some regions and spoils the peaceful life of them to some degree due to their frequent activities in the regions, the environment being deteriorated in some regions, which is not what we expected.
Traveling in a developing country the tourists from industrialized countries may sense the obvious hostility from local inhabitants. They may make the latter feel more miserable by the sharp contrast between them. The increase of international tourists will directly lead to the rise of price , which means nothing to the travelers but impose physical and economic pressure on the local residents. At this stage, the local citizens may attribute all this to the international travelers, who are unaware of what they have caused and are subject to disdain and disrespect
Generally, the popularity of English and tourism brings more advantages than damage to the regions, since it has enriched people’s knowledge and widened their horizons. But meanwhile, we should be on the alert for the damage to the regions and take effective means to tackle the problems tourism arouses.
Reference:
The prospects for investment analysis and forecast report of Chinese tourism market 2010-2015 (January,2010) http://www.ocn.com.cn/reports/2006116lvyouye.htm
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Jing,
ReplyDeleteThis is a fairly well developed and well structured essay. You make good attempts at paraphrasing and referencing (although the full references are in the incorrect format, so check your referencing guide).
There are problems with grammar and sentence structure that cause some strain for the reader. Good use of transitional vocabulary.
- good use of topic sentences
- well devloped paragraphs and supporting ideas
- well balanced conclusion
- good attempts at complex sentence structure but problems with awkward sentences:
ex: The industrial position and role of economy increase gradually in urban economic development social employment, driving force, as well as the promotion which is the key of culture and the environment becomes increasingly obvious.
-This is not written clearly and is difficult to follow. Use varied sentence structure to link ideas, but don't list data in an essay.
ex:Receiving 130 million inbound tourists trips throughout the year, to achieve international tourism foreign exchange earnings from 40.843 billion dollars, respectively, over the previous year decreased by 1.4% and 2.6%; 1.712 billion times that the number of domestic tourists and revenue 874.93 billion yuan , an increase of 6.3% and 12.6%; Chinese citizens reached 45.8444 million passengers, have risen 11.9%; tourist income reaches 1.16 trillion yuan totally, have increased 5.8%.( The prospects for investment analysis and forecast report of Chinese tourism market 2010-2015)