Writing report

general IELTS Writing: Task 2

Overall score

7.00

7.0 of 9.0

Submitted on

Sep 14, 2025 (7 months ago)

Writing duration

0 minutes

Task description

More an more people nowadays visit well-known places to take photographs of themselves, without looking at the place. Why do you think this is happening? Is it a positive or a negative trend?

You should write a minimum of 150 words.

Source: Cambridge 19

Task answer

Nowadays, technology and having access to smart phones has made the recording of our moments possible. Lots of tourists around the world take load of photos while they are doing sightseeing which give them the chance of reviewing their nice memories afterward. However, being drawn in photography might lead to not enjoying that moment. The potential reasons of this behaviour will be elaborated in more details below. The desire for taking a photo while you are abroad, on a holiday or visiting a tourist attractions might have several reasons. Firstly, I believe there are some logical and positive reasons to do that, for instance, you can record the monuments you might never see again in your life, which gives you an opportunity to look at it whenever you want afterward, or you can save your wonderful moment with your beloved one and look at them when you are away from them. However, not everyone's intention to take pictures of well-known places is simply to save their amazing and unforgettable moments. In fact, some might just want to take these photos to employ them as a tool of showing off in the social media. More specifically, these groups of people aim to prove their wealth and happiness to others which can even result not to enjoy the moment and solely trying to take the best shot. To summarize, in my opinion, taking photos the places you visit is an important and inevitable part of the holidays, however, it shouldn't be in the cost of losing the joy of your current seconds.

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