TOURISM – GOOD OR BAD?
In many countries, tourism is one of the fastest growing industries and, of course, tourism can …….. enormous advantages to countries, especially poorer ones. Tourists …….. money on local goods and services and so …….. a proportion of the local population with work, and thereby a …….. of income. Not all the effects of tourism are so positive, …….. . If the development is uncontrolled, unplanned or …….. too quickly, it can pose a threat to the natural environment and so may …….. a bad effect on a country’s wildlife. One way of …….. some of the environmental dangers associated with tourism is to make the tourists themselves more …….. of the problem. If tourists are encouraged to buy locally grown food, for example, …….. of imports, then the local economy is less likely to change as a result of new developments. This is because local farmers, with a good market for their products, will be less likely to …….. the traditional patterns of land use that wildlife has adapted to. …….. that, nature reserves need to be …….. and tourists …….. , then the tourist industry will be more …….. in marking sure that the wildlife survives.