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Some people believe that to protect local culture, tourism should be banned in
some areas whereas others think that the change is inevitable and banning
tourism will have no benefit.
Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.
Some would argue that tourism is threatening the survival of local culture, so it
should be restricted in some places, while others believe we should not blame
tourism for the changes that always happen inevitably. While banning tourism is a
quick and easy solution to protect local culture, I believe that properly managing
and controlling tourism industry would help to promote and enrich the local
culture.
On the one hand, tourism brings about negative environmental and social impacts
on the host community. Firstly, foreigners’ behaviors can have detrimental effects
on the cultural values of locals. For example, activities which are related to drug
addiction, alcohol problem, prostitution, and crime often occur in the host
community when interacting with tourists, infringing and erasing cultural values of
the local community. Secondly, tourism poses high threats to cultural resources
when mass construction of hotels and resorts is carried on nearby the temples,
historical or heritage sites, destroying local habitats. However, I believe these
problems can be solved if the government imposes proper laws and control on
tourism.
On the other hand, some people are against the idea of blaming tourism alone for
the detrimental factor to local culture. Their view is that the way of life is always
changing regardless of the presence of tourists. People always urge to learn new
things, to share and to integrate to the rest of the world. If they are obsessed with
the new world and highly disregard their local culture, they will, without any
doubt, lose their identity and their own culture during the interaction of the world.
I believe tourism may help in this situation by promoting and enriching local
culture. Tourism encourages the preservation of traditional customs, festivals that
might otherwise have been forgotten. While interacting with tourists, locals are
more aware of their rich cultures and create a better understanding of their origin
and identity.
To conclude, allowing tourism to promote local culture is preferred as it helps to
preserve cultural values of the host community. However/nevertheless, tourism
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should be controlled so that it will not impose threats to the local culture.
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