Increase in Global Flights and Air Travel Taxation

The world has seen an enormous increase in flights for leisure, business and commercial purposes around the world over recent years. What do you think are the main advantages and disadvantages of such flights? Do you think flights should be taxed more?

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Recently, the has increased rapidly for business, travel, and This trend brings a plethora of pros and cons to residents around the globe. However, besides the benefits, there are drawbacks that also need to be highlighted.

Firstly , one cannot deny that the greatest benefit of flights is it helps passengers save time. It has promoted tourism and reduced the cultural gaps among people of different countries as passengers have to over long distances. This has brought nations together. Secondly, the economy has immensely improved thanks to air travel. As a result, there has been a vast reduction in the time taken for exports, such as flowers or fruits being transported quickly by airplane. This is convenient for both producers and consumers.

There is no denying that there are many drawbacks to air transportation. Environmentally, tons of fumes are released from an increased number of flights, affecting air quality and causing global warming. Air transportation also increases the level of noise pollution. People who live close to the airport suffer from air and noise pollution. An increase in the number of flights amounts to the large consumption of fossil fuel that needs to be supplied to all planes. Despite these disadvantages, I disagree with putting a tax on air flights, as it will affect a country’s economy. If the value of transportation increases, as an illustration, the costs of all commodities internationally and nationally will spike, to which customers will suffer. It could demotivate people and that they may decide to not participate in trade any longer.

To conclude, we must remember that we cannot the use of technology by thinking only about the cons. However, efforts should be made to minimize the latter, which will help people and nations in terms of economy, culture and tourism.

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.0

The response fully addresses both parts of the question, presenting relevant advantages and disadvantages and a clear stance against higher flight taxation with plausible reasoning. Its main limitation is imprecise or awkward wording in places, alongside occasional grammatical slips, which slightly reduce clarity and precision.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Response

7.0

The response addresses both questions, develops main ideas on time saving, tourism, the economy, and environmental harm, and gives a clear, supported position against higher taxes.

Coherence and Cohesion

7.0

Ideas are organised into clear paragraphs with logical progression, though linking is occasionally mechanical or slightly misused, as in the taxation paragraph.

Lexical Resource

6.5

Vocabulary has a reasonable range for the topic, including tourism, exports and noise pollution. Some expressions are imprecise, such as "pay solely for a brief period of time travelling", where the intended idea is spending time, and "value of transportation", where the argument concerns cost.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.0

A range of complex structures is used, but some clause constructions are inaccurate. Examples include "to which customers will suffer" and "It could demotivate people and that they may decide", whose second coordinated clause has an unnecessary "that". Omitting "that" after "the greatest benefit ... is" is permissible.