Tourism: a good or a bad thing?
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Presenters:
Neil Edgeller and Nuala O'Sullivan
Guests:
Martin Dunford, co-founder of the travel guidebook series, 'Rough Guides'
Programme Summary
Tourism is one of the world's biggest industries employing millions of people and supporting the economies of some of the poorest countries in the world. But is it all good? Some people say cheap flights have contributed to climate change and that tourists have ruined the places they travelled so far to see. In this Talk about English programme we discuss the impact of tourism: good and bad.
