Harmful Tourism

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries. It generates jobs and revenue for the country or the local government. Travelers love being in foreign lands but the same cannot be said completely for the local residents.

Let’s listen to the podcast and learn some tourism vocabulary too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-190912

Discussion Questions:

1. What are the harmful effects of tourism discussed in the podcast?

2. What are your thoughts on this?

3. Do you like to travel? How often do you so?

4. Do you like visiting other countries or do you prefer traveling in your country?

5. What does Disneyfication mean?

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