Too many people want to travel

江苏盐城师范学院教育科学学院 刘佳慧

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海词积累

1. suffocate /΄sʌfəkeɪt/ v. 窒息而死；闷死

2. cite /saɪt/ v. 举例；引用

5. acquire /ə΄kwaɪə（r）/ v. 获得

7. awe /ɔː/ n. 敬畏

8. upside /΄ʌpsaɪd/ n. 好的一面

Late in May， the Louvre closed. The museum’s workers walked out， arguing that overcrowding at the home of the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo had made the place dangerous and unmanageable. “The Louvresuffocates， ” the workers’ union said in a statement written in French，citingthe “total inadequacy” of the museum’s facilities to manage the high volume of visitors.

This phenomenon is known as overtourism.Macroeconomicfactors and changing business trends have caused more tourists to crowd into popular destinations. That has led to environmentaldegradation， dangerous conditions and pricing-out of locals in many places.And it has cities around the world asking one question： Is there anything to be done about being too popular?

The root cause of the phenomenon is macroeconomic development. The middle class is global now， and tens of millions of people haveacquiredthe means to travel over the past few decades. Business trends have also contributed to turning paradise to paradise lost.Cruise vacations are vastly more popular than they once were. Super cheap airlines using satellite airports have cut the cost of traveling around the world， encouraging travelers to take 1 billion flights on budget airlines every year.Social media are at work， too， with apps leading tourists to search for the perfect touring sites，making restaurants， museums， and beaches discoverable and ruined.

There's too much of a good thing in some of these spots， and mayors and city councils are doing their part to take it away. A number of places have carried out or expanded or proposed tourist taxes， including Amsterdam， Bali，Edinburgh， Ireland， Rome， and Venice. Those kinds of measures are likely to become more important in the coming years， as the global middle class gets bigger； social media become more popular， and travel costs less.

These phenomena inevitably mean more complaints from locals， more damage， more lines and selfies and more bad behavior. But they also mean more cross-cultural exposure， more investment， more global connection， moredemocratizationof travel， and perhaps moreaweand wonder. Even overtourism has itsupsides.

—From The Atlantic

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1. 博物馆的工作人员罢工，称《蒙娜丽莎》和《米洛斯的维纳斯》这两部作品摆放之处的人群过于拥挤，导致卢浮宫十分危险，难以管理。

The museum's workers ___________________， arguing that overcrowding at the home of the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo had made the place dangerous and unmanageable.

2. 这种过度旅游的现象，在很多地方都造成了后果：恶化的环境，危险的出游条件，当地人的漫天要价。

That has __________________environmental degradation， dangerous conditions and pricingout of locals in many places.