PTE Summarize Written Text Practice Question: Travel & Tourism

Read the passage and summarize it in one sentence of 5–75 words.

Jobs generated by Travel & Tourism are spread across the economy in retail, construction, manufacturing, and telecommunications, as well as directly in Travel & Tourism companies. These jobs employ a large proportion of women, minorities, and young people, are predominantly in small and medium-sized companies, and offer good training and transferability. Tourism can also be one of the most effective drivers of regional economic development. These patterns apply to both developed and emerging economies. There are numerous examples of Travel & Tourism acting as a catalyst for conservation, environmental improvement, and the maintenance of local diversity and culture. Travel & Tourism creates jobs and wealth and has tremendous potential to contribute to economically, environmentally and socially sustainable development in both developed countries and emerging nations. It has a comparative advantage in that its start-up and running costs can be low compared to many other forms of industrial development in the long term.

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Summarize Written Text gives you a passage to compress into a single accurate summary. Find the passage's controlling idea, connect only the essential support, and remove examples that do not change the conclusion — the response rules differ between Academic and Core. Jobs generated by Travel & Tourism are spread across the economy in retail, construction, manufacturing, and telecommunications, as well as directly in Travel & Tourism companies. These jobs employ a large proportion of women, minorities, and young people, are predominantly in small and medium-sized companies, and offer good training and transferability. Tourism can also be one of the most effective drivers of regional economic development. These patterns apply to both developed and emerging economies. There are numerous examples of Travel & Tourism acting as a catalyst for conservation, environmental improvement, and the maintenance of local diversity and culture. Travel & Tourism creates jobs and wealth and has tremendous potential to contribute to economically, environmentally and socially sustainable development in both developed countries and emerging nations. It has a comparative advantage in that its start-up and running costs can be low compared to many other forms of industrial development in the long term.