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IELTS Essay: Nowadays many people travel to foreign countries for pleasure. Some believe t...

Prompt

Nowadays many people travel to foreign countries for pleasure. Some believe this travel has a negative impact on the countries travelled to. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

#tourism_impact#cultural_preservation#environmental_degradation#overtourism#destination_management

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 writers acknowledge both positive and negative impacts; Band 9 writers specify contexts in which tourism is harmful, discuss trade-offs, and explain how impact depends on management and scale.

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Key concepts in this essay

environmental pressures (waste, carbon, resource depletion, habitat disruption)
cultural commodification and authenticity loss
economic dependency and inequality in benefit distribution
tourist behavior patterns and destination management strategies

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Accepting the premise that 'negative impact' applies equally to all tourism without distinguishing types or magnitudes
Overlooking economic benefits and employment created by tourism
Using overgeneralized examples (e.g., 'Venice is crowded') without data or deeper analysis

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