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The article discusses the rapid growth of tourism in Bandarban, Bangladesh, highlighting the tension between increased visitor numbers and the preservation of the area's natural beauty and culture. The writer expresses concern over the environmental degradation caused by mass tourism, including littering and the loss of the region's charm due to commercialization. The piece raises questions about the sustainability of tourism and the need for a balance between development and conservation.

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The article discusses the rapid growth of tourism in Bandarban, Bangladesh, highlighting the tension between increased visitor numbers and the preservation of the area's natural beauty and culture. The writer expresses concern over the environmental degradation caused by mass tourism, including littering and the loss of the region's charm due to commercialization. The piece raises questions about the sustainability of tourism and the need for a balance between development and conservation.

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Read this newspaper article, in which the writer expresses concern about the rapid growth of

tourism in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's beauty spots and how not to destroy them


I was in Bandarban towards the end of this April. An extended holiday weekend had just begun
with fatigued tourists crossing hundreds of miles from around the country to reach this dreamy
south-eastern district of Bangladesh. Bandarban, with its remote tribal villages, many still cut off
from the outside world, its mountains and springs, blissfully simple life, and the beautiful Sangu
with its rocky riverbed, rapids and boulders, is perfect for both nature-lovers and adventure-
seekers. It's the kind of place you never tire of getting back to, like a beautiful dream from your
childhood that you relive even long after you have reached adulthood, [...] and the memory of it
is so precious that you feel almost protective of it.

The first time I came to Bandarban was nearly a decade ago. Along with three others, I scaled
what was then considered the highest peak in Bangladesh. Bandarban was not a popular
destination then. There were fewer tourists, and fewer assaults on the integrity of the place. In a
few years this would change. There are now more visitors than I ever imagined a place as
restricted as this would accommodate. In Thanchi, the familiar calm has been replaced by chaos.
There are, of course, more structures and roads that came through the promised path of
development, but there is also considerably more garbage, with [….] discarded packets and water
bottles strewn across the dirt tracks. As we waded the deep, the air smacked of self-indulgence.
Judging by the rapidity with which trash is accumulating, it may not be long before those
beautiful waterfalls will into sinkholes of plastic waste.

Can mass tourism ever be sustainable? Here lies a paradox. Part of Bandarban's old-world charm,
for example, is its remoteness and lack of access to what in cities we take for granted. But mass
tourism demands that there will be greater connectivity and greater access to essentials/amenities.
You need to boost tourism through the provision of all these facilities but at the same time, you
need to exercise restraint to preserve the integrity of the place, local culture and the environment.
But can an industry built on self-indulgence and escapism integrate restraint in any real way?

How we respond to this issue will affect the trajectory of our tourism in the coming days. Some
people, however, say tourism is inherently unsustainable, because travel addiction is in itself
unsustainable. This is apparent in the new breed of litter-dropping, camera- brandishing tourists
emerging out of Bangladesh's latest crush with "exotic" destinations.

One can link this tendency to replace a place's worth to a shareable photo, or the failure to form a
real connection with a place or grasp anything beyond the superficial, to a lack of respect for that
place and those who inhabit it.

From the website of The Daily Star newspaper, Bangladesh


Now write a response to these interview questions, focusing on creating a convincing voice for
each character and using the ideas in text the text to support your opinions.

a You are the writer of the article:

Interview question: Some people think you just dislike tourists and want to keep beauty spots for
yourself instead of sharing them with others.

What is your opinion and why?

b You are the travel blogger:

Interview question: People think that travellers like you just take photographs and leave rubbish
behind instead of really appreciating beautiful places.

What is your opinion and why?

c You are the editor of the travel guide to Bangladesh:

Interview question: People think that mass tourism is unsustainable without ruining the
environment.

What is your opinion and why?

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