The effect summer and winter holidays pose on the environment, and comparing the effect between the two.

Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in our world today, soaring at a 625 million (US dollars) a year on profit worldwide. Economically less developed countries have found this as a quick way for their country to make money for their people. This is because it provides many needed jobs, thus making the unemployment levels decrease. The increase of stress in our society has made people want to take more holidays, in order to "…

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