Is tourism beneficial to our country? There is a lively debated topic in some parts of Spain nowadays, which is the benefits and drawbacks of tourism for our country and our people. As far as I am concerned, we have to be aware of what kinds of tourism bring about benefits and which ones are harmful. Firstly, I will talk about familiar tourism. From my point of view, this is the better one, since parents come with their children to enjoy our beaches and landscapes, as well as to visit our cities to learn more about our culture and traditions.They enjoy our country in a peaceful way, which surely will bring about economic benefits. Besides, we can also learn more about these people and their culture, provided that we are interested, so we can mutually benefit from it. Secondly, I will discuss retired people tourism. Many retired people from northern countries come to Spain to spend the coldest months of the year and to enjoy our warmer climate. Most of them travel to Canary Islands or to Balear Islands, some of them even invest their money in buying houses and apartments there. To my mind, this is also a peaceful tourism, which should be considered beneficial as well, since they hardly ever give problems. Last but not least, I will give my opinion about youth tourism. This has been a controversial issue in Spain for the last years. Some young people from northern countries come to the eastern coast of Spain on holidays. However, apparently, their only amusement is to get drunk and even to risk their lives behaving recklessly. Jumping to the hotel swimming pool from their bedrooms is the best example of this. Personally, I don't think that this kind of behaviour shoul be tolerated. These people give a lot of trouble to the hotels staff. Furthermore, some of these holidays destinations are rejected by other tourists, such as families, just in case they might get involved in these incidents. Taking everything into account, I strongly believe that, generally speaking, tourism is beneficial to our country. However, some change ought to be done in order for our country to be considered again a respectable place to come on holidays. Not only should we punish the inappropiate behaviours of foreign people, but we should start doing it to ourselves. I hope our country will become again an appealing place to come, we have a lot to offer to our visitors.