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IELTS Essay: In the past, people used to travel to see the difference from their home coun...

Prompt

In the past, people used to travel to see the difference from their home country. However, the sceneries in places around the world seem similar nowadays. What are the causes of these similarities? Do you think that the advantages of this similarity outweigh the disadvantages?

#globalization#cultural_homogenization#standardization#travel_experience

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 identifies causes (chains, airports) and weighs advantages/disadvantages separately; Band 9 argues similarity is paradoxical—enables broader tourism access and discovery while potentially diminishing transformative travel experience.

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Key concepts in this essay

distinction between surface similarity and deep cultural difference
globalization drivers: franchises, infrastructure standardization, tourism industry
authentic vs commodified cultural experience
trade-offs: accessibility vs discovery, comfort vs novelty

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Vague causes ('globalization', 'franchises') without specificity about mechanisms of similarity
Ignoring that genuine cultural diversity persists despite surface-level uniformity (airports, hotels look similar)
Failing to address whether similarity is negative (lost authenticity) or positive (accessible, affordable travel)

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