Tourism is still booming as one of the largest industries around the world. It boosts the economic growth of a country while providing potential job creation for residents. For instance, by estimating to serve approximately about 15.6 million foreign tourists and about 80 million domestic travelers, Vietnam generate receives 620 trillion VND (26.66 billion USD) in tourism and a rise of more than 25 thousand employees per years.
From another angle, tourism can also have many negative impacts on the quality of life. One of them is that it leads to the overcrowding on such places as Barcelona, Venice and Spain. Venice, a city of 60 000 people, welcomes nearly 30 million visitors a year, that 76000 tourists a day. Spain welcomed over 82 million travelers in 2017 with 9 million visiting Barcelona alone. Even, CNN 10 reported on 28 of May, there were a significant rise in the number of hiker climbing Mount Everest, which led to traffic jams on the climbing path.
How about the other impacts of tourism? Come to Advance Hanoi to discuss and contribute your personal opinions.
QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
1. In your opinion, what is the positive and negative effects of tourism? How important is tourism to your country and to you? Do you think tourism destroy the culture of a place?
2. How many types of tourism do you know? What types will be a trend next 10 years?
3. Nowadays, some tourists do not concern with the culture of the destination, what do you think about this case? What lead you to decide to travel to a place?
4. Some tourists assert that the culture of Vietnam is the same as that of China? Do you agree or disagree with it? Why (not)? What will you introduce to your foreign friends about Vietnam?
5. Who is a smart traveler? How can we be the smart travelers?
Prepared: Chirpy Duong
Enjoy and have a fruitful discussion!
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