IELTS WRITING TASK 2 AIR TRAVEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF POLLUTION IN OUR ENVIRONEMENT.SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT PRICES OF AEROPLANE TICKETS SHOULD BE INCREASED IN ORDER TO REDUCE AIR TRAFFIC?

IELTS Writing Task 2 essay 

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic

Air traffic is increasingly leading to more noise, pollution, and airport construction. One reason for this is the growth in low-cost passenger flights, often to holiday destinations. Some people say that government should try to reduce air traffic by taxing it more heavily. Do you agree or disagree?

Advancement in technology has gifted mankind different modes of travelling. Air transportation is one of these transport which is gaining popularity as companies are giving discounts to increase their profits but this in turns is giving birth to other problem. To curb these problems, imposing heavy tax on air ticket is a suggested solution which for me is not an apt solution.

To bolster my view, I would like to say that increased tax will no doubt decrease demand but it will directly  affect the income of people who work as guide for tourist. Affordable tickets will help to attract people to particular place and this will help in development of a region. As money earned through tourism will be useful to construct other needed building like schools, colleges, suvidha centers etcetera. This is only way of travelling that takes less time of a wayfarer. Exampli gratia, train takes six hours to cover distance between Amritsar and Delhi but for the same distance plane only takes one and half hour. In this way, it is helpful in the time of emergencies.

Further strengthening my views, this is very useful for the businessmen as they have to travel frequently for their business and to grab deals. So increased tax will be an additional burden on them as they cannot avoid tours. This demonstrates that this is not the ultimate solution proposed by citizens. Moreover, in the era of inflation people are already paying many taxes to government like house tax, income tax so one more tax will hike their problems as this will make import and export expensive which in turn surge prices of basic things eventually disturb their house budgets. Lastly, low tickets give chance to individuals of all income to enjoy life by taking a break from their monotonous life.

At the tip of iceberg, imposing high penalty tax on air tickets is not an ultimate solution for the reduction in pollution, it will lead to use of other alternatives as travelling is pivotal part of individuals' life. Instead of doing this, government should spend money on improving the techniques used in air crafts that helps to minimize pollution.

VOCAB: Etc:- Etcetera
                For eg:- Exampli gratia
                Increase:- High, rise, surge
                People:- folks, masses
                Individual:-Person
                Impose:-levy,charge,implement