The Academic passage ‘The Impact of Wilderness Tourism’ is a reading passage that appeared in an IELTS Test. Read the passage below and answer questions 1-13. Beyond the questions, you will find the answers along with the location of the answers in the passage and the keywords that help you find out the answers.
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Answers
The answers to questions 1-13 are given below with their explanations
| Question Number | Answer | Keywords | Location of Keywords |
| 1 | (iii) | United Nations, regions fragile, ecology, culture, inhabitants, tourists, regions, landscape, beauty, cultures, indigenous people. | Section A; lines 5-7, 13-14 |
| 2 | (v) | hill-farmers, more money, porters, working, fields, not surprising, give up, farm-work, decline, farm output, diet, labour, physical impact, visitors | Section B; paragraphs 1 and 3 |
| 3 | (ii) | costs, environments, local cultures, minimized, reinvigorating, cultures, integrating tourism, local economy, balance, needs, aspirations | Section C; all of it |
| 4 | YES | wilderness tourism, little or no initial investment | Section A; line 4 |
| 5 | YES | types, fragile environment, deserts, mountains, Arctic areas | Section A; lines 8-9 |
| 6 | NO | An important characteristic, seasonality | Section A; lines9-10 |
| 7 | YES | hill-farmers, make more money, porters, working, fields, give up their farm-work, serious decline in farm output | Section B; lines 2-5 |
| 8 | NO | year-round survival, hunting animals, fish, collecting fruit, relatively short season | Section B; paragraph 2; lines 1-2 |
| 9 | NOT GIVEN | ||
| 10 | cheese | Renaissance, communal cheese production, area | Section C; Paragraph 2; line 4 |
| 11 | tourism/tour | Arctic communities, tour businesses | Section C; Paragraph 2; lines 7-8 |
| 12 | pottery | Acoma, San Ildefonso pueblos, highly profitable pottery businesses | Section C; Paragraph 3; lines 3-4 |
| 13 | jewellry | Navajo, Hopi, similarly successful with jewellery. | Section C; Paragraph 3; line 4 |
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