viernes, 23 de enero de 2009

ECOTOURISM
Nowadays, tourism is a very important source of currency for any country. Also, with the low-fares airlines every day more popular, travelling has become easier for most of the people...so we find hundreds of people queuing to visit Eiffel Tower or swimming in Caribean Sea...but, is it sustainable? Ecologist and “green” ideas are increasing importance in nearly everybody's mind...so, if you put together this two factors, you'll understand what “ecotourism” is ; the idea is to continue getting financial benefits from tourism, not only for big travel agencies but also for local people, but trying to minimize impact of visitors, building respect for the visited places and making it sustainable without destroying the environment. These are, basically, ecotourism principles ; do you agree with them? What do you think about building up big hotels 600m far from seaside. Or about the so called “sun and beach” tourism, so popular in sunny places?

3 comentarios:

an dijo...

Hello Rosana, i´m Angela and is the first time I write in this blog because I can´t find how to write at the homepage.
I´ll give you my opinion about the kind of tourism that I prefer.
Really, i haven´t got a prefered type of tourism but if i had to put in order i would choose in first place the cultural tourism, because i think is the best form to know a place, a new culture, learning lot of things with the natives:their habits, gastronomy, language...When i´ve gone to visit any coutry i´ve tried to leave the tourist area, i think is the only way to get my purposes, having ensure that is a safe area, of course, but, in fact, i think any kind of tourism is a great choice to travel around the world!

Ana Vázquez dijo...

Hi Rosana

"...source of income..." "low-cost...most people" you don't have to use "the".

"...visitors' impact... respecting the places...."

Very good!

Go on writing, because it's good practice for you and it will help you to improve.

See you.

Ana Vázquez dijo...

Hi An

"...it is the..." You need a subject.

Remember that the first person singular is always written in capital letters (I).

"when I visit a country, I try..." we use the present simple because you are talking about something habitual.

"...it is a safe area" you need the subject.

Good. Go on writing please.

See you.