Effects of tourism. The huge increase
in tourism since the 1950s has had negative as well as positive effects.
Tourism is important to the economies of many countries and provides much needed jobs. However, overdevelopment can spoil
the beautiful areas that tourists come to see. The result may be large numbers
of ugly hotels and polluted beaches.
Future trends. It
is expected that total numbers of international tourists will continue to
increase in the future. In addition more and more people will travel to
destinations further from home. However, the problems caused by tourism will
also increase in the future unless tourist development is carefully planned.
Q1: Overdevelopment of tourism can lead to some bad effects. Give examples from the text.
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Q2: What is the solution for the problems caused by tourism?
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Q3: Give
the meanings of the new words: