Nowadays travelling to a foreign country is very convenient as travel costs are more affordable and countries are opening their doors to welcome foreign tourists. From my personal perspective, although this trend has some negative sides, they would be outweighed by the many benefits.
One of the downsides of international travel is the concern about the transmission of airborne diseases which can result in pandemics. Take the outbreak of coronavirus infections as an example. Initially the COVID-19 cases were only restricted to the city of Wuhan in China. Having no precautions for this illness, other countries did not close their borders and for the next three months, travelers have rapidly spread this deadly virus, causing thousands of fatalities worldwide. Therefore, opening doors for tourists in this case is not an optimal choice.
On the other side, however, I believe that international tourism has numerous advantages. First and foremost, it is an important pillar of the economic development of the host country. The more holidaymakers are attracted, the more funds from them would be collected, uplifting the income of the tourism sector in particular and the whole nation in general. What is more, the growth of tourism helps to solve the unemployment problem in local regions as it provides more job opportunities for local residents in hotels or restaurants. Moreover, their houses can be converted into hostels to provide accommodations to visitors, which would generate income for the hosts. Hardly could they earn such a good income without the promotion of tourism.
In the grand scheme of things, I believe that the benefits of international tourism, regarding the wealth of local economy and the decline in unemployment rates, do overshadow the disadvantages. From my point of view, countries all over the world should concentrate on promoting the country’s images to attract more tourists and make tourism a key industry.
Nowadays travelling to a foreign
country
is
very
convenient as travel costs are more affordable and
countries
are opening their doors to welcome foreign tourists. From my personal perspective, although this trend has
some
negative
sides, they would
be outweighed
by the
many
benefits.
One of the downsides of international travel is the concern about the transmission of airborne diseases which can result in pandemics. Take the outbreak of coronavirus infections as an example.
Initially
the COVID-19 cases were
only
restricted to the city of Wuhan in China. Having no precautions for this illness, other
countries
did not close their borders and for the
next
three months, travelers have
rapidly
spread this deadly virus, causing thousands of fatalities worldwide.
Therefore
, opening doors for tourists
in this case
is not an optimal choice.
On the other side,
however
, I believe that international
tourism
has numerous advantages.
First
and foremost, it is an
important
pillar of the economic development of the host
country
. The more holidaymakers
are attracted
, the more funds from them would
be collected
, uplifting the income of the
tourism
sector
in particular
and the whole nation
in general
.
What is more
, the growth of
tourism
helps
to solve the unemployment problem in local regions as it provides more job opportunities for local residents in hotels or restaurants.
Moreover
, their
houses
can
be converted
into hostels to provide accommodations to visitors, which would generate income for the hosts. Hardly could they earn such a
good
income without the promotion of tourism.
In the grand scheme of things, I believe that the benefits of international
tourism
, regarding the wealth of local economy and the decline in unemployment rates, do overshadow the disadvantages. From my point of view,
countries
all over the world should concentrate on promoting the
country’s
images to attract more tourists and
make
tourism
a key industry.