Writing 2150t: Spring 2021

Author: Pei-Ting Fang

Pei-Ting Fang Outline

Introduction

Hook: Have you ever imagined life without travel? How would that life be different?

Statement of the problem/Debate: In this globalized world, people often neglect the importance of the tourism industry. People should know the importance and the worth of the tourism industry because it affects us not only on an economic basis but also on the value of a society. Tourism industry has become one of the biggest industries in this globalized world. It’s important to keep this industry working during covid period because it supports millions of households around the world. The tourism industry got affected negatively by the pandemic in several aspects. The connection between globalization and the tourism industry shows us that both of them are indispensable in today’s world. Even though Covid-19 has brought many negative effects on this industry, it’s important for us to keep it on track.

Thesis statement: Tourism industry affects not only business inside a country but also worldwide issues, people should be aware of the importance of it and keep the industry moving during covid period. 

 

Body Paragraphs

Subargument #1: Tourism industry is an important industry that connects to many different industry chains.(related business)

  • Support #1: “Finally, the tourism industry has ripple effects on agriculture and horticulture. For instance, airlines bringing tourists to Africa transport flowers and tropical fruits in their hulls back to Europe, which has allowed a whole new export industry to thrive, especially in East Africa.”(Nordås, 2020)
    • Support #2: “Airline companies had faced many challenges since the pandemic began because they got no revenue. Moreover there is data showing that the air travel won’t be back as usual until the year of 2023.”(EconomistMagazine, 2020)
  • Support #3: “As many as 100 million direct tourism jobs are at risk, in addition to sectors associated with tourism such as labour-intensive accommodation and food services industries that provide employment for 144 million workers worldwide. Small businesses (which shoulder 80% of global tourism) are particularly vulnerable.”(World Tourism Industry, 2021)

 

Subargument #2: Tourism industry supports millions of households and the economy in small countries.(job)

  • Support #1: “Hotels, restaurants and other activities related to tourism create jobs, especially for women and young people with low levels of education. In addition, foreign tourists constitute the most important market for many small businesses and informal enterprises in crafts, culture and retail trade.”(Nordås, 2020)
  • Support #2: “Tourism supports one in 10 jobs and provides livelihoods for many millions more in both developing and developed economies.”(World Tourism Industry, 2021)
  • Support #3: “Southeast Asian economies have become heavily reliant on free-spending domestic and foreign tourists, who contributed 13% to regional gross domestic product in 2018 — the second highest after the Caribbean, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.”(Writer, 2020)

Subargument #3: Impact covid brought on tourism industry(economic)

  • Support #1:“Export revenues from tourism could fall by $910 billion to $1.2 trillion in 2020. This will have a wider impact and could reduce global GDP by 1.5% to 2.8%.”(World Tourism Industry, 2021)
  • Support #2: “Nikkei estimated that the 10 ASEAN members face a combined deficit of nearly $40 billion if the number of foreign tourists plunges by half in 2020 from 2018. This would soar to $150 billion if the number drops to zero.”(Writer, 2020)
  • Support #3: “Tourism receipts worldwide are not expected to recover to 2019 levels until 2023. In the first half of this year, tourist arrivals fell globally by more than 65 percent, with a near halt since April—compared with 8 percent during the global financial crisis and 17 percent amid the SARS epidemic of 2003, according to ongoing IMF research on tourism in a post-pandemic world.”(Behsudi, 2021)

Subargument #4: Importance to rebuild the tourism industry and ways to do it

  • Support #1: “Traveling is actually a good remedy for stress, anxiety and depression. It also improves the mental and physical health.”(Golden India Travels)
  • Support #2: “One way of getting tourists to travel abroad from the comfort of their own homes is through virtual reality (VR) technology and 360-degree videography. We round up the best virtual travel tours and online travel experiences that can be enjoyed online right now.”(Virtual travel experiences to enjoy now, 2021)
  • Support #3: “Traveling in itself has advantages, as it makes one forget his or her worries, problems, frustrations and fears. This helps by broadening your horizon to move in new directions, unplugging from the pulls and pushes of daily life.”(Golden India Travels)

Conclusion

In summation, the tourism industry is a business that is indispensable. This industry connects to different industry chains and jobs. Tourism industry also provides many job opportunities for low education requirements. It gave young age people and females a chance to find a job. Not only that they provide jobs, they also affect our economic system. Many countries earn their revenue based on this industry. Lastly, people also depend on travel to release stress and worries in their life, therefore, it’s important to keep this industry going during covid period.

Reference

Nordås, H. (2020). Covid-19 and globalisation: a poverty perspective on tourism and remittances. (Rep.). Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). doi:10.2307/resrep25728

World tourism organization. (n.d.). Retrieved March 11, 2021, from https://www.unwto.org/tourism-and-covid-19-unprecedented-economic-impacts

EconomistMagazine. (2020, July 10). Covid-19: Why travel will never be the same | the economist. Retrieved March 17, 2021, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAs0gw1zIuQ

Virtual travel experiences to enjoy now. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2021, from https://www.boatinternational.com/destinations/virtual-travel-tours-trips-vr-experiences–43207

Golden India Travels. (n.d.). Top most 7 reasons why traveling is important for human life. Retrieved April 16, 2021, from https://www.goldenindiatravels.com/blog/why-travelling-is-important-for-human-life#:~:text=Traveling%20is%20one%20of%20the,gives%20a%20sense%20of%20independence.

Writer, S. (2020, March 18). Southeast Asia faces budget deficits IF tourist numbers drop 50%. Retrieved April 16, 2021, from https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/Southeast-Asia-faces-budget-deficits-if-tourist-numbers-drop-50#:~:text=Southeast%20Asian%20economies%20have%20become,World%20Travel%20and%20Tourism%20Council.

ADAM BEHSUDI is on the staff of Finance & Development. (n.d.). Impact of the pandemic on tourism – imf f&d. Retrieved April 16, 2021, from https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2020/12/impact-of-the-pandemic-on-tourism-behsudi.htm

Pei-Ting Fang-Marvel

According to the New York Times report, Martin Scorsese explained how people misinterpreted his words. He further explained his words and thoughts on why Marvel movies do not count as cinema to him. One of the claims he mentioned, “….cinema was about revelation — aesthetic, emotional and spiritual revelation.”(Scorsese 2019) In his opinion and his knowledge, Martin believed the idea of a cinema is more of a higher level of enlightenment. Something that is unknown before but could be carried out in the artistic form. Movies from Marvel lack the idea of the art form that he was looking for. However,  people have different opinions and thoughts on his comments on Marvel movies. Bryan Hutchinson is a fan of Martin Scorsese but he didn’t agree with his statement. In Bryan’s opinion, Marvel movies are also a kind of art. The only difference is that it is a comic book based art. As stated in the text, “Marvel movies are works of art just as the comic book art on which they are based. They are a new type of movie-going experience that appeals to an entire generation of fans who grew up reading the stories and connecting with the characters, heroes and anti-heroes.”(Hutchinson) In Bryan’s perspective, Marvel movies count as a new form of art. It can not be compared to the old style of cinema. As we developed more and more movies and ideas, we should be open minded and accept different kinds of them.

Another reason Martin believed Marvel movies do not count as cinema is because cinema is supposed to bring new things and experiences to the audience. Martin said, “…When I watch a movie by any of those filmmakers, I know I’m going to see something absolutely new and be taken to unexpected and maybe even unnameable areas of experience. My sense of what is possible in telling stories with moving images and sounds is going to be expanded.”(Scorsese 2019) His idea of a cinema is movies that expanded our horizon. We should be able to find new things to learn every time. We are not just watching the same elements and plots appearing over and over again. Marvel movies are mostly focused on hero stories, which is a material that many movies used. In Martin’s perspective, these types of materials may bored many audiences. However, Sam Prell has another aspect that differs from Martin’s idea. Marvel movies are one of the most famous movies produced in the past few years. They are very different from other movies. They have their specialties. Sam Prell says, “Marvel Studios is keeping audiences’ attention by making each MCU project reflect the stylings and tropes of a different genre.”(Prell 2016) The reason why Marvel could be so famous all over the world is because they combine different elements in each movie. Even though they are all the same type of  “hero” stories but they have various differences. These differences also brought them success. Each hero in the Marvel studio has their own story, power and life experiences. That makes the difference. It’s the part where people feel connected with and special about it. 

 

In summation, people who don’t agree with Martin Scorsese’s statement believed that there are many nice things he didn’t see in Marvel movies. Including the connection, differences, and new technology/generation that connects people to the movies. That is exactly the reason how they become so famous and well known all over the world.

Reference:

Hutchinson, W., Hutchinson, B., & Bryan Hutchinson I became a writer because I saw a ghost. I had my first paranormal experience when I was 8 years old. At first. (n.d.). Are marvel movies art? (there’s no easy way to say this…). Retrieved April 08, 2021, from https://positivewriter.com/are-marvel-movies-art/

Prell, S. (2016, January 15). Every Marvel movie is a different genre, and That’s why the mcu works. Retrieved April 08, 2021, from https://www.gamesradar.com/every-marvel-movie-different-genre-and-s-why-mcu-works/

Pei-Ting Fang Synthesis Letter

Topic: Impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry

Research Questions:

1.What impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry? What actions or changes do they take to keep their business going during a pandemic? 

2.How traveling, these types of relaxing activities, help our mood during pandemic?

3.Why is it important to keep this industry going?

Synthesis Letter-

 

Dear Professor,

 

As I further discovered and unfold the topic of the importance of the tourism industry, I found the key answers to my questions and the connection between them. I found a total of four entries that are reliable. They provided me with not only basic knowledge of the topic but also new information we needed to further develop and expand our idea . Some of the entries gave both positive and negative sides on the impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry. It gave us insight on how COVID affected this industry and how important it is to keep the tourism industry going even during this time period.

 

The article by the world tourism organization is the bridge that connects all sources. It provides us with a general idea about the topic. This source is similar to EconomistMagazine(2020), they both mentioned how COVID-19 impacts the tourism industry. They both focused on the economic point that this pandemic really harmed the economy in most of the countries. World tourism industry focused more on the harm of the decrease in global GDP, job lost and money lost. In opposition, EconomistMagazine(2020) focused on the damages and challenges airline companies are facing during this time period. Besides the negative impact, these two sources also mentioned how decreasing traveling helped rebuild our environment in some way. As stated in the report, the use of fuel has decreased, which has helped improve our air quality and air pollution. The pause of the air travel also brought many concerns. Due to the pandemic and the virus, traveling has more protocols to follow. It is more strict than before. In order not to expose ourselves to danger and those complicated new rules, the amount of people traveling decreased over the past year. This harmed globalization. In Nordås, H. (2020) journal, it showed us how important the tourism industry is. It connects the whole world. Without it, the problem of unemployment, inequality and remittances are going to come up. This is why it’s important to keep the tourism industry moving in pandemic. In the forth source, Virtual travel experiences to enjoy now, they mention how the creation of the virtual reality(VR) can help us stay home while traveling. It gave us a new opportunity to keep our spirit and our mood going but not harm anyone. It is the perfect combination of technology and travel. 

 

By researching this tropic, I believe I learned much new information from these four entries. This information really acknowledges both positive and negative sides of the impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry. I learn not only the original and basic idea, I also see many experiments and data collections that help further develop this topic. I believe I learn a lot that I can explain and support my ideas more clearly after this research process by using my original ideas, thoughts and feedback about the sources. 

 

In conclusion, I think the knowledge I gain from this research process can further support my idea and the product from our company. I think it’s important to acknowledge how important the tourism industry is to us. I’m grateful that I have a chance to introduce this topic and let people learn the importance of keeping this industry moving. It’s a pleasure to invent some product that not only helps the economy stabilize and calm our moods during a pandemic but also helps the recovery of our earth. I believe by combining these four entries, I can form a strong conversation about this topic. 

 

Sincerely,

 

Pei-Ting Fang

Pei-Ting Fang Draft 1

Annotated Bibliography-

My Topic

The topic I choose is how COVID affects the tourism industry. I choose this topic because I think it’s important to keep this industry moving on even though it’s hard to travel now. Traveling has been one of the most relaxing things for people to do. It is one of those large industries all over the world. I think it’s a good topic to focus on since our group is inventing an app about virtual traveling. 

Research Questions

1.What actions or changes does the tourism industry do in order to keep their business going during a pandemic?

2.What impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry? [This question can probably be combined with the first one]

3.How traveling, these types of relaxing activities, help our mood during pandemic?

4.Why is it important to keep this industry going?

 

Reference Entry #1

World tourism organization. (n.d.). Retrieved March 11, 2021, from https://www.unwto.org/tourism-and-covid-19-unprecedented-economic-impacts

Summary

Tourism is a large industry in this globalized world. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it had challenged this industry in several aspects including the economic side and social side. Due to the pandemic, the revenue and GDP for the tourism industry had decreased. Tourism industry provided many job opportunities all over the world. As the research showed, 100 million tourism jobs are at risk now. Traveling got restricted. People who worked in this industry are now facing unemployment. Though it had negative impacts on our economy, it also brought us some positive impacts. The reduction in tourism actually helped protect our environment. The earth is becoming more healthy and green because there are less human activities involved. To maintain the movement of the economic flow, many people are trying different ways to restart tourism. One of the ideas is to move tourism into a digital format. This gave them a new choice to keep their industry moving. [This is a good source for general background information about your topic.]

Reflection

I really like this source because this article provided me different aspects on the impact COVID-19 brought on tourism. They gave us both negative and positive sides. I’m shocked by the data they provided. Before reading the article, I knew that there would be harm to the tourism industry but I never knew that much money was lost during this short period of time. It showed how strong the connection between people and traveling is. Including the workers who work in this industry. Many female and young workers are affected by the pandemic. [This is very interesting and it might be something worth looking at even deeper. Why is it that many of the workers being affected are young females?] Besides the negative effects, I never think that it could help us rebuild our environment. It’s amazing but also sarcaming that our happiness is the painfulness of our environment. To further operate the tourism industry, they had come up with several ways to restart traveling. I’m very impressed that they could find out that many alternative ways. [Which examples were most impressive for you?] It’s a great idea to balance out their advantages and disadvantages.

Paraphrase

“Tourism supports one in 10 jobs and provides livelihoods for many millions more in both developing and developed economies.” [This is another interesting piece of information because it makes me wonder how developing countries have been impacted by the loss of tourism revenue streams.]

  • Many people weighed their life and money by being part of the tourism industry. 
  • I choose this quote because it feels a little bit confusing and not flowy. I think they need to clarify this statement so that people won’t get too confused. To paraphrase this quote, it gave me a clearer understanding about this statement.

Reference Entry #2

Virtual travel experiences to enjoy now. (n.d.). Retrieved March 12, 2021, from https://www.boatinternational.com/destinations/virtual-travel-tours-trips-vr-experiences–43207

Summary 

Due to the coronavirus, people can not travel as they want to as usual. To rebuild their economy back, the tourism industry needs to find ways to keep their business going. Since the technology developed, there are more options than before. One of the ideas they think of is to combine traveling and technology. The invention of VR(virtual reality) technology helped them achieve their goal during times like pandemic. They added many different scenarios and experiences for people to try at home. Including having a tour in a national park, having a sightseeing tour, taking lessons for scuba diving, experiencing a fancy hotel at home, having a museum tour, and watching theatre performancing. Every fun thing people do can now all do it at home. We can still enjoy ourselves and have fun in pandemic without exposing ourselves out in public. Even though the experience is still different from the real life experience, it’s a way for us to connect ourselves to the world during this pandemic.

Reflection

Since the product for our group is going to be virtual traveling, I think this article really provides us many things we can do through mobile and or technology devices. COVID-19 brought traumatic damages on the economic system and social events. [I wonder how virtual travel experiences can bring money back to the countries where COVID impacted their tourism industries. Will these countries recover or will virtual travel hurt them even more?] Many entertainments are forbidden during this time period. Such as some of the festivals we usually held and the breaks we had during winter and spring. To stop the spread of COVID, it’s better for us to stay at home. However, it’s still important for us to keep our emotions in place so that we could still be positive. In this article, they mention combining technology with traveling experience. Though it’s not real life, the idea is fresh and cool. They bring more possibilities and options for people to have during quarantine time. In other words, we can experience fun activities at home without going out. Virtual reality really brought us into a different world where reality and our dream can be an alliance.

Paraphrase

“One way of getting tourists to travel abroad from the comfort of their own homes is through virtual reality (VR) technology and 360-degree videography. We round up the best virtual travel tours and online travel experiences that can be enjoyed online right now.”

  • Virtual reality, as known as VR technology, is a 360-degree videography. During times like the pandemic where people can’t not go out and travel freely like usual, it’s a win-win that people can stay home and travel at the same time. We collected many different programs where you can enjoy various activities online right now.
  • I choose this paragraph to paraphrase because this is supposed to be the major “topic sentence” for this entire article. I think they can be more attractive and clearly stated their benefits so that people would be more interested in it.

You’re off to a good start with your sources. It seems to me like you are focusing on the impact that COVID has had on tourism economies and how certain companies have tried to adapt by using virtual reality. This definitely leaves you open to form a strong argument later, when we write the essay.

Pei-Ting

Hello everyone! 

My name is Pei-Ting Fang. I was born and raised in Taiwan, Kaohsiung. I’m a freshman in Baruch College. I came to the United States four years ago. My intended major is Accounting. It is not my dream job and/or major but that’s what my family wanted me to study.

My interest is watching TV, including different kinds of shows, dramas, and movies. I also liked to sing and dance. I’m a huge animal lover! My favorite animal is the horse. I have a cat at home. Here is a cute picture from my cat, Marvin!

Talking about my biggest interest is traveling. I love to travel the world and learn different cultures. I have been traveling to 11 different places/countries now. Including Taiwan, America(only a few states), Bermuda, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Canada, Philippines, Indonesia, and Palau. Besides Taiwan, Palau is my favorite travel place to go. Although I’m really scared of water, I like to challenge myself. Snorkeling in Palau can really find the beauty under the sea.

Lastly, I really like this class and I hope I can keep working on my English so that I can improve it and make more friends at Baruch.