answer. This IELTS question is about tourism. Do you think that tourists

damage the environment?

Unfortunately, I think they do - both directly and indirectly as well. Directly,

whenever there are large groups of tourists who flood to an historic

landmark, a beach, or any natural area, there's always a lot of litter in their

wake and so that's an unfortunate byproduct of large groups of tourists, as well as

tourists who aren't really educated in taking care of the environment or

respecting the customs and the natural beauty of those destinations.

Indirectly, I think tourism can harm a lot of green areas or natural spaces.

Whenever there's an influx of tourists, or whether there's a spike in popularity

hotels, resorts, restaurants and the like, often appear as close as possible to the

destination, and that can mean cutting down trees, it can mean paving over

natural environments, and pushing animals away from their natural habitat. So

unfortunately, I think tourism does affect the environment quite badly. Check

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