Modern SunWorshippers People travel for a lot of reasons.Some tourists go to seebattlefields or religious shrines.Others are looking for culture,or simply wantto have their

pictures taken infront of famous places.But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beachto lie on. Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up

with a lot ofinconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it.Residents ofcities like London,Copenhagen,andAmsterdam spenda lot of their winter in the dark

because the days areso short,and much of the rest of the year in the rain.This is the reason whythe Mediterranean has always attractedthem.Every summer,more than 25

million peopletravel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation.They all comefor the same reason:sun! The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies

of Mediterraneancountries.Italy's30,000 hotels are booked solid every summer.And 13 millionpeople camp out on French beaches,parks,and roadsides.Spain's long sandy

coastline attractsmore people than anywhere else.37 million tourists visit yearly,or one touristfor every person living in Spain.But there are signs that the area is getting

more tourism than itcan handle.The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas onearth.And with increased tourism,it's getting worse.The French can't figure out

what to do with allthe garbage left by campers around St.Tropez.And in many places, swimming isdangerous because of pollution. None of this,however,is-spoiling

anyone's fun.The Mediterranean gets more popular every year withtourists.Obviously,they don't go there for clean water and solitude.Theytolerate traffic jams and seem to

like crowdedbeaches.They don't even mind the pollution.No matter how dirty the water is,thecoastline still looks beautiful.And as long as the sun shines,it's still betterthan

sitting in the coldrain in Berlin,Iondon,or Oslo.The latter half ofthe last sentence in Paragraph 3"or one tourist for every person living inSpain" means that everyyear,the number of tourists who visit Spain is almost the same as thepeople living in that country.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned