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Two Views on Tourism: A Critical Response

Read two short opinion pieces with opposing views on mass tourism, then write a critical response that evaluates both arguments.

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280-320 kelime
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Text A: The Price of Being Loved

Some cities are being loved to death. In the old centres of the world's most visited destinations, residents have been priced out by short-term rentals, bakeries have become souvenir shops, and streets designed for a few thousand people now hold tens of thousands every day. Tourism, we are told, brings jobs. But many of these jobs are seasonal, poorly paid and dependent on an industry that can disappear overnight, as the pandemic showed. Cities must set firm limits: caps on visitor numbers, higher tourist taxes and strict controls on holiday rentals. A city that sells itself to everyone eventually belongs to no one.

Text B: Who Gets to Travel?

The current fashion for complaining about "overtourism" has an uncomfortable undertone. For most of history, travel was the privilege of the wealthy; cheap flights and budget accommodation have opened the world to teachers, nurses and students. Proposals to cap visitor numbers or sharply raise taxes would, in practice, restore that privilege, since the rich can always pay more. The real problem is concentration, not tourism itself: millions of people visit the same few streets in the same few weeks. Better management, such as timed entry to popular sites, promotion of less-known regions and investment in local transport, would protect residents without shutting the door on ordinary travellers.

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  1. What economic argument for tourism does Text A question, and why?
  2. What does Text B mean by "an uncomfortable undertone"?
  3. According to Text B, what is the real problem?
  4. Where do the two writers agree, if anywhere?

Görevin

Write a critical response to the two texts. Summarise the main argument of each, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, and explain which position you find more convincing and why. Use your own words throughout.

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