壹蘋派生活美語　觀光客越多越好嗎？

　　As the COVID-19 pandemic gradually slows down, the global tourism industry has also begun to recover. Many places, however, are feeling the negative effects of having too many travelers. To help manage overcrowding, some places are imposing a tourist tax, a controversial method employed to fight overtourism. Venice, Amsterdam, and Edinburgh are just three of the many cities that have recently started taxing tourists to counter the problems of overtourism. These taxes are aimed at visitors and can be easily adjusted for peak versus off-peak seasons.

　　隨著嚴重特殊傳染性肺炎疫情逐漸和緩，全球旅遊業也開始復甦。然而，許多地方都感受到遊客過多所帶來的負面影響。為了幫助控制過度擁擠的現象，一些地方正在徵收旅遊稅，這是一種被用來打擊過度旅遊的爭議作法。威尼斯、阿姆斯特丹和愛丁堡只是最近開始向遊客徵稅以對抗過度旅遊問題的眾多城市中的三個。這些稅收針對遊客，並能根據旺季和淡季隨時調整。

生活必備字詞：

impose　vt. 課徵（稅）

counter　vt. 對抗；反擊

adjust　vt. 調整

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