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C2 Paper 08 — Report: A regional tourism board has promoted lesser-known towns to reduce pressure on a famous destinationWriting

"C2 Paper 08 — Report: A regional tourism board has promoted lesser-known towns to reduce pressure on a famous destination" is a C2 Proficiency Writing practice task (Report). Cambridge assesses content, communicative achievement, organisation and language on a scale from 0 to 5 per criterion. Plan before you write: identify the target reader, the required register and the number of points you must address. At C2, examiners expect sophisticated vocabulary used accurately, varied sentence structures and clear paragraphing.

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How should I approach this C2 writing task?

Plan the Report before writing, address every prompt point, keep the expected register, respect the word limit, and use feedback to improve content, organisation, grammar range, and vocabulary precision.

Task prompt

A regional tourism board has spent two years promoting lesser-known towns to reduce pressure on a famous destination. Write a report assessing whether visitors and economic benefits were genuinely redistributed, considering effects on infrastructure and local identity in the promoted towns, and recommending how the strategy should develop without simply creating several new overcrowded locations. Write your report.

Word limit: 320 words

Assessment criteria

  • Content: All points addressed with relevant detail and examples.
  • Communicative achievement: Appropriate register and tone for the target reader.
  • Organisation: Clear paragraphing with cohesive devices linking ideas.
  • Language: Wide range of vocabulary and structures used with control and accuracy.