It is sometimes argued that tourists from overseas should be charged more than local
residents to visit important sites and monuments. I completely disagree with this idea.
The argument in favour of higher prices for foreign tourists would be that cultural or historical
attractions often depend on state subsidies to keep them going, which means that the resident
population already pays money to these sites through the tax system. However, I believe this
to be a very shortsighted view. Foreign tourists contribute to the economy of the host country
with the money they spend on a wide range of goods and services, including food, souvenirs,
accommodation and travel. The governments and inhabitants of every country should be
happy to subsidise important tourist sites and encourage people from the rest of the world to
visit them.
If travellers realised that they would have to pay more to visit historical and cultural attractions
in a particular nation, they would perhaps decide not to go to that country on holiday. To take
the UK as an example, the tourism industry and many related jobs rely on visitors coming to
the country to see places like Windsor Castle or Saint Paul’s Cathedral. These two sites
charge the same price regardless of nationality, and this helps to promote the nation’s cultural
heritage. If overseas tourists stopped coming due to higher prices, there would be a risk of
insufficient funding for the maintenance of these important buildings.
In conclusion, I believe that every effort should be made to attract tourists from overseas, and
it would be counterproductive to make them pay more than local residents
It is
sometimes
argued that
tourists
from overseas should
be charged
more than local
residents to visit
important
sites and monuments. I completely disagree with this
idea
.
The argument in
favour
of higher prices for foreign
tourists
would be that cultural or historical
attractions
often
depend on state subsidies to
keep
them going, which means that the resident
population already pays money to these sites through the tax system.
However
, I believe this
to be a
very
shortsighted view. Foreign
tourists
contribute to the economy of the host country
with the money they spend on a wide range of
goods
and services, including food, souvenirs,
accommodation and travel. The
governments
and inhabitants of every country should be
happy to
subsidise
important
tourist
sites and encourage
people
from the rest of the world to
visit them.
If
travellers
realised
that they would
have to
pay more to visit historical and cultural attractions
in a particular nation, they would perhaps decide not to go to that country on holiday. To take
the UK as an example, the tourism industry and
many
related jobs rely on visitors coming to
the country to
see
places like Windsor Castle or Saint Paul’s Cathedral. These two sites
charge the same price regardless of nationality, and this
helps
to promote the nation’s cultural
heritage. If overseas
tourists
stopped
coming due to higher prices, there would be a
risk
of
insufficient funding for the maintenance of these
important
buildings.
In conclusion
, I believe that every effort should
be made
to attract
tourists
from overseas, and
it would be counterproductive to
make
them pay more than local residents