Organized tours to remote community and other countries are increasingly popular in

recent years. We cannot deny that tourism plays an important part in our life. It has
brought countries a lot of benefits. However, beside these benefits, tourism has some
negative effects for the local community.
On the one hand, the growth of tourism has brought enormous benefits to local people. It
creates good jobs for local people and helps them improve their life. They can do
business and earn more money. In other words, the development of tourism can boost the
economy. Tourism also helps local communities improve traffic system to meet the
demand of the tourists.
On the other hand, however, tourism destroys the environment. A large number of trees
are cut down to build resorts. More visitors mean more rubbish. People throw rubbish
everywhere, which pollutes the air and water. This can seriously affect people’s health. In
addition, the number of people who are related to social evils such as robbery, drug
addiction, prostitution and so on, in these areas is much higher than other places. This
can threaten local people’s life.
In conclusion, there are both pros and cons to everything, and tourism is not an exception.
However, personally I believe that its benefits can outweigh the drawbacks.