In the recent years, there is a trend of ‘responsible tourism’, which pays attention to both local culture and environment. However, there are still people who think that ‘responsible tourism’ is impossible to implement in reality. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give your opinion and examples
Sample Response
In the twenty-first century, we are constantly confronted with the issue of 'responsible tourism' which is a current trend in tourisma current trend in front of the tourism that focuses mainly on the traditions and environment in newspaper reportsenvironment on newspaper. Some people, nevertheless, are ofif the opinion that it is nearly impossible to implementimpossible to be implemented in this modern world. This essay will examine both sides of the argument before reaching a reasonable conclusion.
Admittedly, 'responsible tourism' is difficult to promotedifficult to be promoted in every country around the globe. This may be becauseIt is, possibly, due to the reason that tourists come from all over the worldeverywhere of the world and some may lack awareness, which causes themsome of them may not be well-educated which cause them to behave badly when they visit a new country. For example, I have seen some foreign tourists visiting my country do not respecttourists who visited my country do not take care of Mother Naturethe Mother Nature and they plucked flowers along the way to a museum. By doing so, their careless actionstheir naive acts can destroy the beautiful scenery of a specific tourist spot.
However, I am not convinced by the claim thatnot convinced by others that the 'responsible tourism' can never be implementedcan never possible to be implemented owing to several reasons. To begin, tour guides have an obligationhave the obligations to advise tourists or give them informationadvise or give information to the tourists about the local culture. It is key for touristsIt is the key for the tourists, especially those from overseas, to respectoverseas to respect the cultures and traditions of the locals. It also gives themIt is also given them an opportunity to know about the cultures of other countries so as to broaden their views. It is crucial for individualsindividual to learn the cultures of other races around the world in order to avoid culture shock and be more open-minded. In addition, the government undoubtedly playsgovernment, undoubtedly, plays an indispensable role in ensuring the 'responsible tourism' runs smoothly. It can, for instance, organiseThey can, for instance, to organise more campaigns with the aim to promote the local culture and environment to both the local and foreign tourists. More noticesnoticeable should be placed in every corner of the tourist attractions to encourage the tourists to keep the place clean as it is the most effective and direct way to take care of the environment.
In conclusion, I strongly disagree with the idea that 'responsible tourism' is impossible to implement as they are a handful of useful preventive measures that the individuals and government can take to promote this kind of tourism without causing any harm to the local cultures and environment.
Why this response received Band 6.5
The essay sustains a clear disagreement and develops practical measures involving tour guides, public campaigns, and signs, while acknowledging why responsible behaviour is difficult to achieve universally. Its strongest feature is the solution-focused development, but frequent grammatical errors and unnatural vocabulary obscure some otherwise relevant reasoning. Prioritise precise explanation of how each proposed measure protects local culture or the environment, using controlled sentence structures.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response clearly disagrees, acknowledges implementation difficulty, and supports its view with several relevant measures and an environmental example, though some cultural benefits are less directly tied to responsible behaviour.
Show explicitly how guide briefings, campaigns, and site notices change tourist conduct and protect both culture and nature.
Coherence and Cohesion
The introduction, concession, main argument, and conclusion form a clear progression, with generally effective paragraphing despite occasional mechanical or inaccurate links.
Give each proposed measure its own clear claim-and-result sequence and reduce repetitive references to culture and environment.
Lexical Resource
The essay uses a reasonable range of tourism and environmental vocabulary, but frequent inaccurate collocations and word choices reduce naturalness.
Use forms such as 'promote responsible tourism,' 'visitors from around the world,' 'raise awareness,' and 'place more notices.'
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A range of sentence structures is used and the position remains understandable, though verb forms, agreement, articles, pronouns, and clause construction contain frequent errors.
Edit each complex sentence for a complete verb pattern, especially after modal verbs, infinitives, relative clauses, and passive structures.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
In the recent years, there is a trend of ‘responsible tourism’, which pays attention to both local culture and environment. However, there are still people who think that ‘responsible tourism’ is impossible to implement in reality. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give your opinion and examples
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