Task 2: Nowadays, people pay more attention to protecting culture and environment

and the possibility of "responsible tourist", but many people believe that it is
impossible to be a "responsible tourist'. Do you agree or disagree?

Timing: 8 Minutes

Written by Pham Thi Le Na

Word count: 442

Agree with the first part of argument

- Affect national interest

- Promote culture to attract more tourists
- Find easier to control through policies

Disagree with the second part of argument

- Laws cannot be effective without human’s cooperation

- Responsible tourists actively contribute to protecting environment
- They are main culprits of affecting environment and spreading culture

Protection of culture and environment becomes an urgent task in our life. Some people think
that people pay more attention to environmental and cultural preservation instead of
educating tourists to become responsible while others claim that it is possible and important
to be responsible tourists if our ambience wants to be protected. I partly agree with the
statement for the following reasons.

There are some reasons why cultural and environmental conservation are addressed more
attentively. By virtue of protecting cultural identity, each nation can appeal to a greater
number of tourists around the world, followed by their greater profit. Besides, governments
find it easier to control macro-issues like environmental protection through harsher policies
rather than to supervise and educate individuals in turn. In addition, such profit gained from
the effort to promote cultural and protect environment is utilized to restore tradition and build
other tourist attractions. This again benefits local people and nations in return and in the long
term.

Nevertheless, without being responsible tourists, I strongly believe that the effort to protect
cultural and environment hardly pays off. It makes sense that laws will be effective if citizens,
especially dear tourists, pay no attention to their behavior and have low awareness. In some
eco-tourism areas which suffer the most serious damage, it is the action of irresponsible
tourists. In other words, so-called conscientious tourists are the ones that preserve
environment and culture away from degradation. Hence, how to become such educated
tourists? Through harsher policies by governments, each citizen, whether local or
international, will be imbued with the idea of protecting the environment they visit. They
should know no matter where they travel, it is always part of their home. If the host countries
are affected in terms of environment, their nations will rarely escape. A simple action to show
the idea of being a responsible tourist is that no sooner do they finish their meals than they
just put the rubbish into the dustbin. Does it sound difficult to education tourists to follow this
habit? Furthermore, instead of trying to touch directly natural resources and have vandalism,
they come to other countries to watch, enjoy and share experience. Again, it is impossible to
respect the beauty of other countries? In a word, being a responsible tourist demands a
person to comply with environment rule, not throwing garbage arbitrarily and appreciate the
quintessence of other host nations, not damaging their historical relics.

In brief, both governments and citizens should be acutely aware that for the long-term
development of tourism industry, cultural and environmental protection is fulfilled only when
policies by the former and actions by the latter are hand in hand.

1. Quintessence: tinh hoa

2. Be imbued: tham nhuan cai gi
3. Be hand in hand: song song
4. Comply with: tuan theo
5. Arbitrary: tuy tien