Listen to the recording and complete the note below with no more
than THREE WORDS for each blank.
Tourism: especially important for (1)a large number………….
Countries. Reasons for travelling: - desire for exploration, discovery and (2)adventure………… to explore natural and cultural (3)significant……., which ironically become (4)…… by tourism. In Goa in India, tourism has changed the area, for both (5)good………., and (6)bad……..: - Before 1986: Tourists to Goa were hippies, backpackers, (7) ………….. oversea tourists, and Indian tourists. The annual total number was 5 hundred thousand……..(8). Because all tourist facilities were all …….(9), their money would be injected into the local economy. - Since 1986: a huge boom in tourism: + Increasing demand for accommodation + Tourism spread to the (10)small fishing…………….. + action groups: protesting against the growth of (11)tourism……….. but with little effect. + tourism good side: +) Communication routes improved - airports, railways, roads opening up Northern and Southern parts. + tourism and consequences: +) invaded (12)natural environment………….; +) large multinational chain hotels taking (13)money…….. out of the country though more jobs available in the big hotels reducing (14) ………….. and raising living standard, and also more local businesses. +) the decline of traditional industries (fishing and agriculture…). +) large-scale (15)details ……., and the loss of valuable …….(16). +) huge (17)………. on natural resources. +) loss of traditional values: the influences of Western ways; Westernised festivals; the popularity of drugs, (18)…………, (19) …….. and crime. So as you can see, though there are a number of advantages to tourism, you can clearly see that there are severe negative (20) ………… too.