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　　Tourism

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　　Railroads, ships, buses, and airplanes

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　　have made travel easier, faster, and cheaper;

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　　and the number of people who can spare the time and the money

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　　to take trips has grown enormously.

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　　It is not reserved to a lucky few, nowadays,

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　　to admire Inca temples, French castles,

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　　and Australian kangaroos.

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　　Millions of people do each year.

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　　But instead of being called travelers,

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　　they are known as tourists

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　　and they are seen all over the world —

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　　floating down the Amazon, cruising to Alaska,

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　　flying from Timbuktu to Easter Island,

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　　and taking pictures of Norwegian churches and Pakistani costumes.

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　　Surely this represents great progress.

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　　It is just and good that most of the people

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　　who dream of seeing the Parthenon should have a chance to do so.

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　　It is satisfying to know that remote ruins

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　　are not forgotten in deep forests,

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　　to be seen only a few explorers at the risk of their lives.

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　　It is excellent that people of different counties

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　　should meet and talk to each other.

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　　But is it really?

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　　Is it really desirable to have the most remote beach,

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　　the most hidden temple exposed to human curiosity

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　　and at the same time to the litter and graffiti

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　　that humanity leaves in its path?

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　　Would it be better to leave such treasures to the local population,

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　　which perhaps doesn?t pay any attention to them?

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　　The saddest aspect of tourism has been brought recently

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　　to the attention of the public:

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　　it seems that the great number of visitors

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　　is destroying the treasures that they enjoy most.

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　　Under millions of feet,

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　　ancient stones wear out,

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　　ancient floors break down.

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　　Parts of the palace of Versailles

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　　may have to be closed to the public

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　　in order to preserve them,

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　　and some European caves,

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　　famous for their thirty-thousand-year-old paintings,

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　　have already been closed

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　　because the paintings were damaged by human respiration.

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　　There may come a time when only specialists in art, history,

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　　or archaeology will be allowed near the treasures of the past.

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　　Perhaps we’d better hurry to see them;

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　　perhaps we’d better take a tour soon.

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