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Task 1. You are going to read an article about the effects of tourism on local people. For questions 1-6, choose from the people (A-C). The people may be chosen more than once.

Which person

1. Misses a place they used to go as a child?

2. Says that tourism provides a lot of jobs for local people?

3. States that tourism has destroyed a traditional local industry?

4. Feels that presence of the people from other cultures benefits the local community?

5. Criticizes the behavior of some tourists in their town?

6. Believes that most of the profit from the local tourist industry goes abroad?

7. Claims that tourists are unwilling to learn the local language?

8. Believes tourism helps the local people to get to know the other cultures and their traditions?



Living with tourism


Three people describe how tourism has affected their home town.



A. Yusuf Demir

In my childhood in my home town there was a path I used to go to school, and last summer I went to see if it was still there. It was, but the view from it was different. Now there is a vast shopping mall, with a cinema and some cafes. I don’t really worry about that, because it means there are lots more things to do, and I also like the fact that it has a really international atmosphere. It is good for local people to meet visitors from other parts of the world, try new kinds of food and hear about different ways of living.

B. Matt Walker

Tourism has changed this town so much, even in the years since I was at school. In those days there was a football pitch near the harbour, but it’s gone now, which is a pity. We used to kick a ball around there a lot. In the harbour itself luxury yachts owned by people from richer parts of the country have replaced the fishing boats which had been owned by locals. And now there is no sign of what used to be the main source of income and employment locally. In the evenings the town is certainly a lot livelier than it used to be. But sometimes people start doing things they would never do in their home towns. And then the police have to be called!

C. Daniela Navarro

I know some of the new hotels and holiday apartments are unattractive, and the bars, restaurants and nightclubs for tourists have changed the nature of the town. Without them the unemployment would be a much higher, particularly among the young. But the problem is that the only ones making any real money out of all this are big tour operators and the owners of the hotels. None of them are actually based in my country. Also, very few tourists learn our language, so it means there’s little communication between us and them.