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Should foreign visitors pay more than local visitors?

International visitors pay more at Angkor Wat CREDIT: LUCIANO MORTULA

Unbelievable...
Does this really exsit??? Is the tourist attraction's entrance fee for foreign visitors more expensive? Is that appropriete? I have to admit that the first time I saw this topic, I felt it is absolutely unfair and I don't even know about it. But I promised myself to list the bullet points without any research or consulting, with little amount of hope that someone will comment on them someday.

Foreigners shoud pay more

• won't be able to use annual discount or member discount;
• not price sensitive and more eager to get the experience;
• motivate local people to come more;

Same price for everyone

• no need to spend extra time searching for discount;
• no making money through price different;
• equality for foreigners

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Here's one topic in IELTS G Writing Part 2 and Simon's anwers are as below

IELTS G

It is sometimes argued that tourists from overseas should be charged more than local residents to visit important sites and monuments. I completely disagree with this idea.

The argument in favour of higher prices for foreign tourists would be that cultural or historical attractions often depend on state subsidies to keep them going, which means that the resident population already pays money to these sites through the tax system. However, I believe this to be a very shortsighted view. Foreign tourists contribute to the economy of the host country with the money they spend on a wide range of goods and services, including food, souvenirs, accommodation and travel. The governments and inhabitants of every country should be happy to subsidise important tourist sites and encourage people from the rest of the world to visit them.

If travellers realised that they would have to pay more to visit historical and cultural attractions in a particular nation, they would perhaps decide not to go to that country on holiday. To take the UK as an example, the tourism industry and many related jobs rely on visitors coming to the country to see places like Windsor Castle or Saint Paul’s Cathedral. These two sites charge the same price regardless of nationality, and this helps to promote the nation’s cultural heritage. If overseas tourists stopped coming due to higher prices, there would be a risk of insufficient funding for the maintenance of these important buildings.

In conclusion, I believe that every effort should be made to attract tourists from overseas, and it would be counterproductive to make them pay more than local residents.

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Source: 雅思考官9分范文合集-雅思前考官Simon