-China

-Biggest country

-Next year

-Fast developing country

-Study Chinese

-Historical background

I want to talk about China, which I have never visited before. China is located in Asia and one of the biggest countries tn the world. I and thinking of visiting China is next year. I really want to go there because China is currently one of the fastest developing countries. So, I can compare the developed side of China to the underdeveloped part of China. Also, since China is a fast growing country, I feel the need to study Chinese just like I studied English. Thus, if I go there, I will stay there for at least 6 months and try to learn as much Chinese as possible. Furthermore, China shares a lot of historical backgrounds with Korea. In my middle school and high school, I learned much information on Chinese history, so I want to go and see what they really look like.

Follow-up Question

1. Say something about the tourism development in Korea, facility, services and the effect on environment.

In Korea, the tourism has not been one of the major industries. So, the facilities and services of tourism industry are not well organized. However, since 2002 World Cup, people have tried to improve the tourism industry because they realized the great effect on GDP after the World Cup.

I think the effect on environment is rather good in Korea. Before the effort to improve facilities, not very many people cared about environments, but with the realization of the importance environments, people have tried to clean the areas and protect natural environments to be not shameful to show them th foreigners.

2. What is the importance of travel and tourism industry?

The importance of tourism lies on the effect on the country's GDP. Tourism in Korea at the moment contributes less than 1% of korea's GDP. However, in 2002, because of World Cup, the effect increased to 10% of GDP. Thus, it would be tremendously important if we improve tourism industry a little bit more. Traveling abroad, on the other hand, is not great financially. However, it gives great experiences to individuals, so I think it should be encouraged as well.