With the transportation revolution, travelling abroad is becoming familiar to tourists, which induces the airlines to launch discounted tickets to attract customers. However, some environmentalists are convinced that air traffic poses a threat to the environment. Thus, taxes should be imposed on tickets. Other hold an opposing opinion that the policy is not efficacious enough and should not be enforced. My stance is in line with the latter one as the following paragraphs show.
Firstly, the imposition of taxes will certainly raise the prices of tickets as the airlines consider the overall cost. As a result, customers have no choice but to pay for the added taxes since there are few alternatives of transport to go abroad. Moreover, the increasing price is a financial burden on most families and individuals. As some of them perceive travelling overseas a reward for their hard-working, additional taxes make it more difficult for them to afford the pricey tickets, depriving them of the possibility to travel abroad.
Second, levying taxes on tickets is not directly related to conserving the environment. It is also in dispute whether governments will distribute money from the taxes to environmental protection. Worse yet, corruption may happen and throw into question the original intention of the taxation. Therefore, from my perspective, other solutions can be implemented to improve our surroundings more effectively, for instance, renovating the old aeroplanes to avoid emitting an excessive amount of gases which are harmful to the air quality or research on alternative energy resources which are more environmentally friendly. In either case, environmental problems can be solved rather than imposing taxes.
To sum up, the impact on the environment brought by the aeroplanes cannot be neglected. However, given the above factors, imposing taxes might not be the best approach.
With the transportation revolution, travelling abroad is becoming familiar to tourists, which induces the airlines to launch discounted
tickets
to attract customers.
However
,
some
environmentalists
are convinced
that air traffic poses a threat to the environment.
Thus
,
taxes
should
be imposed
on
tickets
. Other hold an opposing opinion that the policy is not efficacious
enough
and should not
be enforced
. My stance is in line with the latter one as the following paragraphs
show
.
Firstly
, the imposition of
taxes
will
certainly
raise the prices of
tickets
as the airlines consider the
overall
cost.
As a result
, customers have no choice
but
to pay for the
added
taxes
since there are few alternatives of transport to go abroad.
Moreover
, the increasing price is a financial burden on most families and individuals. As
some
of them perceive travelling overseas a reward for their
hard
-working, additional
taxes
make
it more difficult for them to afford the pricey
tickets
, depriving them of the possibility to travel abroad.
Second, levying
taxes
on
tickets
is not
directly
related to conserving the environment. It is
also
in dispute whether
governments
will distribute money from the
taxes
to environmental protection. Worse
yet
, corruption may happen and throw into question the original intention of the taxation.
Therefore
, from my perspective, other solutions can
be implemented
to
improve
our surroundings more
effectively
,
for instance
, renovating the
old
aeroplanes
to avoid emitting an excessive amount of gases which are harmful to the air quality or research on alternative energy resources which are more
environmentally
friendly. In either case, environmental problems can
be solved
rather
than imposing taxes.
To sum up, the impact on the environment brought by the
aeroplanes
cannot
be neglected
.
However
,
given
the above factors, imposing
taxes
might not be the best approach.