IELTS Task 2 advantages and disadvantages essay: Organised tours to remote areas
A Task 2 advantages and disadvantages question. Weigh both sides, then answer the question as it is asked: whether one side outweighs the other, or whether the development is positive or negative.
2 students’ essays below, each marked by Axiom, from band 7.0 to 8.0. Updated on 23 October 2026.
The question
Organised tours to remote areas and communities are increasingly popular.
Is this a positive or negative development for the local people and the environment?
Students’ essays on this question, marked by Axiom
Across these 2 essays the average band is 7.5: Task Response 8.5, Coherence and Cohesion 7.5, Lexical Resource 7.5, Grammatical Range and Accuracy 7.5. Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource and Grammatical Range and Accuracy were the weakest criteria.
Real answers, shared without their writers’ names, newest first. Each opens with its revisions marked in place. Estimated by AI. It isn’t an official IELTS score.
Overall band, an AI estimate: 8.0
Essay #2
Task response 9.0, coherence 8.0, vocabulary 8.0, grammar 8.0
Far away touristic areas and community have become quite an appealing choice for people, with an increasing number of tourists preferring such destinations. While…
Overall band, an AI estimate: 7.0
Essay #1
Task response 8.0, coherence 7.0, vocabulary 7.0, grammar 7.0
Organizing trips to rural places and small communities has become widespread. Although this development is arguably positive when it comes to its financial benefit for…
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