Writing reference (Paper 2) ck Write your article Model answer (00 use language that is appropriate for your autience and Topic, and ty te rake i interesting and engaging forthe reader 1 finish your article in an interesting, way. ‘You read the following announcement in an international travel magazine. To tour or not to tour ...? A good que: in? ‘Tourism is the fast-growing industry of our age, and as travel becomes even easier it will continue to expand. But is this, really the best thing for us all? It's a good question. Personally, | live in a small town where tourists are few and. far between. In one way, having tourists around would bring @ breath of fresh air into the town, and people would open up. ‘more interesting shops that could benefit everyone. If hotels. ‘were opened and new leisure activities set up, there would be ‘greater job opportunities and young people would be more likely to stay in the town instead of moving to the city to find ‘work as they do at present. There would also be more for local people to do in their spare time. So there are certainly. ‘edvantages that come with tourism, but what about the other. side of the coin? ‘Travel increases pollution and damage to the environment in general. On a local level, too many tourists can upset the balance of a town and with the inevitable increase in traffic ‘there is likely to be congestion in small cantres like mine. This ‘can be seen in small ski resorts in winter, when lerge numbers of enthusiastic skiors clog up narrow roads leading to the slopes causing problems for locals going about their normal lives. So what's the answer? On balance, | think there should be ‘more tourism where | live because the advantages outweigh the disadvantages - though I think it should be regulated. On ‘@ personal note, I'd love to have a cinema in the town! Do involve the reader by using ‘hetorical auestions, especially atthe beginning of a pereareph ~but BONT use too many rhetorical {questions in one nse as they lose ‘thar impact and become repetitive DON'T forget 10 cover all aspects of the task, DON forget to express yout opinion {and to support it with evidence or examples.