Traveling for Sunshine

People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.

Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!

But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism, it's getting worse. None of this however, is spoiling anyone's fun. The Mediterranean is getting more popular every year with tourists.

 

 

旅游的阳光

       人们旅行的理由有很多。有些游客去看看战场或宗教圣地。其他人正在寻找文化，或者只是想在著名的地方前拍照。但是，大多数欧洲游客都在寻找阳光海滩。
   北欧人愿意支付很多钱，去享受阳光，因为他们很少有这样的阳光。像伦敦，哥本哈根和阿姆斯特丹的居民在黑暗中度过了一个冬天，因为他们的白昼是如此短，一年大部分余下的时间都是在雨中。这是地中海一直吸引他们的原因。每年夏天，超过25万人前往地中海度假胜地和海滩度假。他们都是为了同
样的目的而来：阳光!
      但有迹象显示：越来越多的游客将超过它所能承载范围。地中海已经是地球上污染最严重的海域之一。随着旅游业的增长，现在情况更糟。然而这一切都不会使玩乐的人们扫兴。地中海还是越来越受旅客的欢迎。