Exercise 5

Read the introduction below and answer the questions given in Exercise 4

1. What is the topic of the essay?

Answer: The topic would be the tourism and its impacts on local environment.

2. Does the writer have an opinion on the topic? If yes, what?

Answer: Yes, writer expressed that even though tourism brings benefits. On the other end negative impacts are also assumed.

3. Which sentence gives you the main idea of the essay?

Answer: However, tourism can also do damage to local communities and their environment, and this essay will attempt to show that despite the financial and cultural benefits tourism can bring, its impacts are not as positive as is commonly assumed. 

4. Does the introduction try to show you why the topic is important? If yes, how?

Answer: Yes, it is mentioned that tourism is the world's fastest growing industry and has both negative and positive results

5. What background information does the writer give about the topic?

Answer: Writer is considering world as a becomes village where travelling became easy and faster compared to 100 years ago. Thus, tourism sector has become fastest growing industry.

6. How many sub-topics will the essay cover? ln what order would these subtopics appear in the essay? Why?

Answer: a) Advantage of tourism               b) Limitation of tourism