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1. 'Profits are up quite a lot this year. In a case like this we usually give the staff a generous pay increase - but this year we want to fund the building of extra rooms'.
2. 'There are so many interesting places to see in this country. To start with, there are lots of historic sights, and then there are the nature reserves...'
3. 'We feel the we are lost, and the spirits of our ancestors are unhappy. On the other hand, everybody tells us we should be happy, because tourism brings us wealth'.
4. 'People think that the quality of tourism services is reasonably good here. I don't agree completely. My party wants to create a better infrastructure.
5. 'At the moment, we make about 75 deliveries a week to the hotels in town. But the real question is whether we can keep up with the demand'.
6. 'I'm shocked, on the grounds that most people I talk to have no idea of the pressures that tourism development puts on the natural resources of this country'.