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Are tourists good for a country

This question can be looked from several
points of view. Firstly, tourism should be considered in relation to a
country’s economy. Secondly it can be seen in terms of its effects on
the countryside and environment. Thirdly, the influence of the tourist
industry on culture must be taken into account.
T he economy of a country often benefits
as a result of tourism; foreign visitors come and spend their money, and
this creates jobs for those who run hotels and restaurants. However,
there are also certain drawbacks. Whereas the people directly involved
in the industry may benefit, other may find that they are worse off.
This is because the cost of living goes up and goods become more
expensive since tourists are prepared to pay more for them.
A s far as the effect on the environment
is concerned, tourism is often a bad thing. While it is true to say that
development results in better roads being built and improvements for
poorer areas, it is sometimes very harmful. In some countries, huge
hotels and skyscrapers have ruined areas of unspoilt beauty.
T he cultural influence of tourism is
difficult to measure. In some countries foreign influence can destroy
the local way of life. On the other hand, countries which do not
encourage tourism may miss the benefits that foreign technology and
investment can bring.
I n conclusion, it can be seen that
tourism has both advantages and disadvantages; if it is controlled
properly, it can be good for a country, but there will always be a
danger that it may do a great deal of harm.

Immigration to the USA

Twenty seven million white immigrants
entered the United States between 1880 and 1924. Two thirds of these
so-called new immigrants came from different parts of Europe that were
economically underdeveloped. In the first decade of the 20 th century,
about six million immigrants arrived from Russia, Austria, Hungary and
Italy. They were drawn by the flourishing manufacturing sector of the
economy. They not only brought their labour force but also their skills
that were vital to industries such as construction and textile.
Nevertheless, their customs and culture struck native-born, Americans
who considered them as impossible to assimilate.
That phenomenon did not last forever. With
the end of the colonial empires in the fifties and sixties and
emergence of independent Asian and African countries, a new law was
voted: The 1964 Hart-Cellar Act. This law gave equal access to Asians,
Africans, Latin-Americans and Europeans. Since then, over eight million
legal immigrants have entered the United Stated, about half of them from
the Third World.
The new immigrants are likely to change
the composition of the American population. Some demographers predict
that by 2030, American and Europeans roots will not be a majority. Even
the dominance of the English language is seen as uncertain. The problem
is whether the diversity of origins will continue to maintain American
Society as united as it has been so far.

Racism

Turkish children playing in a muddy
courtyard; faces of Vietnamese girls pressed against the windows of
dirty barracks; security guards with their guns standing near the
fences. This is an area in Cottbus, an industrial town in Germany that
the police are trying to protect. It looks more like a prison than a
refuge for immigrants who are more and more exposed to the violence of
racist groups, like the skinheads.
E arlier this month, gangs of lawless
German youths began attacking Vietnamese, Turkish and African labourers,
so the authorities have rushed the victims to such places like Cottbus.
Indeed, a wave of anti-immigrant violence is sweeping Germany. Every
day brings some new spectacle of terror.
L uckily the violence is limited to small
uncontrolled groups. Most Germans are outraged at those racist gangs and
refer to them as criminals and delinquents looking for fun. Thousands
of Germans have marched in Berlin and other cities to protest against
racism.
H owever, foreign workers in Germany still
fear for their lives and their families and do not feel totally secure.
Some are thinking of going back to their native countries.

Americans

Among the reasons why immigrants have
traditionally come to the USA is to have a better life – that is to
raise their standard of living. It was properly the most important
reason for leaving their homeland. Because of its abundant natural
resources, the United States appeared to be a “land of plenty” where
millions could come to seek their fortunes. Of course, most immigrants
“didn’t get overnight” and many of them suffered terribly, but the
majority of them were eventually able to improve their former standard
of living.
Americans pay a price, however, for their
material wealth: hard work. Hard work has been both necessary and
rewarding for most Americans throughout their history. Because of this,
they have come to see material possessions as the natural reward for
their hard work. In some ways, material possessions are seen not only as
a clear evidence of people’s work, but also of their abilities. Most
Americans believe that if people work hard, they are likely to have a
good standard of living.
S ince people’s status in society is
frequently measured by how much they own, Americans often feel pressured
to buy more than they need. They want to appear as prosperous as
everyone else round them, and this means making a continuing effort to
buy newer and better material.
I n reality, some people have a better
chance for success than others. Those who are born into rich families
have more opportunities than those who are born in poorer families.
Inheriting money gives a person a real advantage. In spite of laws
designed to promote equality of opportunity for all races, many black
Americans have fewer opportunities than the average white Americans.

Old at tewenty

The story of women in sports is like
the story of women in many other activities. First they were ignored,
and then gradually became accepted. Now they are just taken for granted
as part of any sporting events.
T ake gymnastics, for instance. When women
first took part in the Olympic Games in 1928, they were not allowed to
do gymnastics. Women’s gymnastics was then thought ‘indecent’.
T he first woman to attract attention to
this sport was a Russian girl called Olga Korbut. In the 1972 Olympic
Games in Munich she amazed everybody and won a gold medal. The next girl
who surprised the whole sporting world was the Romanian gymnast Nadia
Comaneci. In the 1976 Olympic Games she won the overall title. She was
then 14. Girls’ popularity in this sport was here to stay.
H owever, if these girls get glory at such
an early, they pay for it. They work hard. What’s more, they give their
lives, quite often from the age of seven, to the sport. They are
considered ‘old’ at the age of twenty.
P erhaps you are wondering what they do
when they ‘retire’. For some, fame continues. Olga Korbut, for instance,
became a film star and married a Rock musician. Others fall back into
obscurity and have to adapt to a new way of life.
W hen asked in an interview whether she
regretted her career, Nelli Kim, an ‘old’ gymnast answered, “No. For the
rest of your life you always remember the wonderful sensation of flying
through the air, after a good routine on the bars. It really is a
moment of perfection.”

Pollution

Many cities around the world today are
heavily polluted. Careless manufacturing methods employed by some
industries and absence of consumer demand for environmentally safe
products have been behind the pollution problem. One result is that
millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic and metal containers are
produced, and these are difficult to dispose of.
However, today more and more consumers are
choosing ‘green’ and demanding that the products they buy are safe for
the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like
these, Will this product damage the ozone layer?, Is this package of any
danger to the environment? Or Can this metal container be used once?
A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the
Environmental safety of a product before
they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make
and sell their products to make sure that they are ‘green’, that is,
friendly to the environment.
Only a few years ago, it was impossible to
find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some
supermarket products have tickets on them to show that the product is
green. Some companies have made the manufacturing of clean and safe
products their main selling point and insist on it in their advertising.

The concern of a safer and cleaner
environment is making companies rethink how they do business. The public
will no longer accept the old attitude of Buy it, Use it and then Throw
it away.

Rubbish

D isposing of the rubbish we produce
every day is a major problem in cities around the world. In Britain, 85%
of waste is disposed by landfill, a system which is supposed to prevent
pollution, since waste is buried in the ground. This method is far from
perfect; however, finding new areas is becoming difficult. Recycling is
an increasingly popular way of getting rid of waste, and in Britain a
target of recycling half of all domestic recyclable waste has been set
for the coming years.
A city that has solved its waste disposal
problem in an unusual way is Machida, in Japan. They have developed a
totally new approach to waste disposal. The key to the operation is
public co-operation. Families must divide their rubbish into six
categories.
rubbish that can be easily burnt (combustible), such as kitchen and garden waste.
non-combustible rubbish such as small electric appliances, plastic tools and plastic toys.
products that are toxic or that cause pollution, such as batteries.
bottles and glass containers that can be recycled.
metal containers that can be recycled.
large items such as furniture and bicycles.
T he items in categories 1-5 are collected
on different days; (large items are only collected on request.) Then
the rubbish is taken to a centre that looks like a clean new office
building or hospital. Inside, special equipment is used to sort and
process the waste. Almost everything can be reused. Kitchen or garden
waste becomes fertilizer; combustible items are burnt to produce
electricity; metal containers and bottles are recycled and old
furniture, clothing and other useful items are cleaned, repaired and
resold cheaply or given away. The work provides employment for disabled
people and gives them a chance to learn new skills.
N owadays, officials from cities around
the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas
and techniques to solve their own waste disposal problems.

The Human Development

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a
comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, and
standard of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of
measuring well-being, especially child welfare. It is used to determine
and indicate whether a country is a developed, developing, or
underdeveloped country and also to measure the impact of economic
policies on quality of life.[1] The index was developed in 1990 by
Indian Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen, Pakistani economist Mahbub ul
Haq, with help from Gustav Ranis of Yale University and Lord Meghnad
Desai of the London School of Economics and has been used since then by
the United Nations Development Programme in its annual Human Development
Report. Described by Amartya Sen as a "vulgar measure", because of its
limitations, it nonetheless focuses attention on aspects of development
more sensible and useful than the per capita income measure it
supplanted, and is a pathway for serious researchers into the wide
variety of more detailed measures contained in the Human Development
Reports.The HDI measures the average achievements in a country in three
basic dimensions of human development:
A long and healthy life, as measured by
life expectancy at birth.Knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy
rate (with two-thirds weight) and the combined primary, secondary, and
tertiary gross enrollment ratio (with one-third weight).A decent
standard of living, as measured by the log of gross domestic product
(GDP) per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) in USD.Each year, UN
member states are listed and ranked according to these measures. Those
high on the list often advertise it (e.g., Jean Chrétien, Former Prime
Minister of Canada [1]), as a means of attracting talented immigrants
(economically, individual capital)

Rap in Morocco

Known Arab societies .. great social
transformations of the way to dress, language and music minor, the
latter known for a profound transformation in the structure here in
Morocco. Years ago there was Umm Kulthum and sisters in the Middle and
"Beatles" and the other in the west .. And no one heard something called
"Rabbi" .. And now each city task by the way has turned into a "comfort
dance" and "Hip Hop." "Allah Kaen" months a bridge in Morocco, started
from Meknes and then to the rest of the cities .. If followed a march
this group since incorporation, we find that it began - eg other teams -
singing vocabulary "Albdaeh" .. and the market talk, but after that
started and appeared on the television market and publicity, turned to
singing, "sharply less" .. Loser "His tongue Alsulait also describes
himself, no one is safe from the" Staemah ".. by the government to the
parliament .. to .. Islamists to others is not known. People say that
they want to live and have a family of "Rabbi", and that he is not
afraid and does not acquit anyone .. and songs that can not hear in the
"House" oversupplied Albdaeh .. vary between talk the curriculum vitae
.. and love for his country .. and an affront to its enemies .. and of
course the ever-present talk begin. It is noted that the last Owl "west
of death" or "Moroccans to death became a trademark task in Morocco ..
"Losers" to defend himself after facing charges of using words begin :
"that convey the pulse of the street .. and that something will come
from Him." , Considers itself the representative of the song of youth
and finds that the future of "bridge" .. A few months ago, Moroccan
officials : "Rabbi is the future of Moroccan song," saying this was a
storm of opposition from those who are still Etarbon songs "languages"
and regarded Rabbi outsider Ttaghavina .. and "incompatible with
morality." Rabbi entered politics from the door wide : months before
hosting Youth Socialist Union Party in Morocco Magti Rabbi Tawfiq Hazb
known "Balkhasr" so Yahya evening attended by senior officials of the
party : with songs that contain insults and dictionary "under the belt".
Opponents of the party said that the Socialist Union "exploited rap to
attract young people after its failed to do so." Professor Abdul Ghani
Mendip professor of sociology at the University of Mohammad Alhams is
that of Rabbi "comes within the framework of social transformation which
Arafa Morocco." Hence, we must Ntani in sentencing and study the issue
in a scientific and rational use away from the emotions. And among the
finds that the phenomenon of Rabbi alien Ttaghavina and therefore must
be cured .. zeolite, and the shift from the view that natural community
.. And among the finds that the Rabbi is the future .. and the song of
Moroccan considers summer cloud will pass soon ... Among all those views
we have the right to ask : Does the fact created alternatives for youth
to Governance.