Revolt Against Bad Tourists

B2 – Upper Intermediate

As summer draws closer and closer, a noticeable shift is occurring in popular tourist destinations like Ibiza and Mallorca. Locals in these parts are expressing firm desire for respectful tourists and raising concerns about the negative impact of mass tourism.

Read this article to learn about the changing attitudes towards tourism in popular destinations.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240522-the-worlds-revolt-against-bad-tourists

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “to stem the flow of something” mean? “In hotly visited Venice, tourist fees have begun for daytrippers to try to stem the flow of unending visitors.” Make a sentence with this expression.
  2. Define “tourism levy“. “And Bali recently announced a new tourism levy after a series of incidents involving visitors desecrating holy sites and behaving disrespectfully.” Use this phrase in a sentence.
  3. What does “a force for good” mean? “I see travel as a force for good. We don’t want to make it only possible for rich people to have these mind-opening experiences, but they need to be able to do it in a responsible way so we don’t ruin the planet at the same time.” Use this idiom in a sentence.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What are your thoughts on the growing anti-tourist sentiment in places like Ibiza and Mallorca?
  2. How do you believe tourists can better respect local culture and nature when visiting a destination?
  3. Do you believe that mass tourism has a positive or negative impact on local communities? Why?
  4. In your ideal travel scenario, what would a responsible and sustainable tourist experience look like for you?
  5. How do you think tourism patterns will change in the future, considering the ongoing discussions about sustainability and responsible travel?
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3 replies on “Revolt Against Bad Tourists”

Vocabulary Questions:

1. Prevent the increasing of something. He made this statement to stem the flow of negative comments.
2. Tax for the tourist. more and more countries are seeking to impose a tourism levy.
3. Something that brings positive change. he is a force for good, he makes us practice sports together.

Discussion Questions:

1.I think it is normal, here in Spain, there are certain places that are filled with a tourism that is not good, people who only come to party and to burst the places where they are, it is not quality tourism.
2. Changing the mentality, understanding that respect for the place they visit and the people who live there comes first.
3. It depends, the massive tourism of drunkenness or cruises is not good, it is a tourism that does not spend money, occupies much and does not respect, however the tourism that goes to visit a place with time, and to enjoy the place from the respect if I think it is good.
4. Respecting the local indications, as well as the people who live there, adapting my schedule and my needs to the place I visit.
5. We will start to prohibit or limit the bad tourism, the one that does not adapt to the local culture or that is only for drunkenness, to only allow a type of tourism that is not bad for the locals.

You wrote good answers to your lesson’s discussion questions.

Here is how you can revise this response of yours:

It depends, the massive tourism of drunkenness or cruises is not good, it is a tourism that does not spend money, occupies much and does not respect, however the tourism that goes to visit a place with time, and to enjoy the place from the respect if I think it is good.

It depends. Take for example the massive tourism of drunkenness people whose only intention is to get so drunk or those who go on cruises are not good. It is a kind of tourism that does in which the tourists do not spend money, occupy much almost every place in the city, and do not have any respect for the place or the locals. However, the tourists who go to visit a place with enough time, and to enjoy the place with respect if I think it are good.

Continue practicing to keep improving.

Job well done continuing with your writing practice.

Take a look at how you can enhance this sentence a bit:

I think it is normal, here in Spain, there are certain places that are filled with a tourism that is not good, people who only come to party and to burst the places where they are, it is not quality tourism.

I think it is normal. Here in Spain, there are certain places that are filled with a tourism that is tourists that are not the good kind, people who only come to party and cause destruction in the places where they are. I believe it is not quality tourism.

Until the next one!

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