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The Ministry of Tourism in country X began an expensive television advertising campaign in country Y two years ago. Since that time, the number of visitors to country X from country Y has increased by more than 8 percent. Clearly, the Ministry of Tourism’s campaign is responsible for the increase.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

A. The advertisements sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism in country X were panned by the country Y media for lack of imagination.

B. A devaluation of the currency in country X two years ago made travel there more affordable for residents of country Y.

C. Increasing political turmoil in country X will lead to a decrease in visitors from country Y next year.

D. The number of visitors from country Y to country Z increased by more than 8 percent over the past two years.

E. Over the past two years, the advertisement campaign launched by the Ministry of Tourism in country X cost more money than residents of country Y spent traveling in country X.


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For me (B), since when compared (D) it gives a more direct relationship.
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I also think that the answer would be option B as the question asks us to give a weakener that can weaken he claim of country X that their tourism campaign is responsible for the increase in tourism .Here with option B we are giving an alternative cause why the tourism might have increased recently. It could be because of the affordability for the tourists .

Please don't mind if I made any mistake in writing .
I am in grade 11 in India and working on my English .
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The Ministry of Tourism in country X began an expensive television advertising campaign in country Y two years ago. Since that time, the number of visitors to country X from country Y has increased by more than 8 percent. Clearly, the Ministry of Tourism’s campaign is responsible for the increase.

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?

A. The advertisements sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism in country X were panned by the country Y media for lack of imagination.

B. A devaluation of the currency in country X two years ago made travel there more affordable for residents of country Y.

C. Increasing political turmoil in country X will lead to a decrease in visitors from country Y next year.

D. The number of visitors from country Y to country Z increased by more than 8 percent over the past two years.

E. Over the past two years, the advertisement campaign launched by the Ministry of Tourism in country X cost more money than residents of country Y spent traveling in country X.


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Ministry of Tourism of Country X (MoToX) began an expensive advertising campaign in country X two years ago. So, for the past two years advertisement of MoToX have been in place targeting people of country Y.

The outcome - (since that time) , the number visitors from country Y to country X has increased by more than 8%.

The claim of MoToX is : Advertisement have lead to increased number of visitors to country X from country Y.

We need to weaken: So find a cause other than advertisement, that’s has lead to the increase in visitor numbers.

We cannot deny the fact that the visitors from country Y has increased by 8%.

Let’s look into the options in sequence.

A. The advertisements sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism in country X were panned by the country Y media for lack of imagination.

If the advertisements of MoToX were severely criticised by country Y, then the number of visitors might have declined. This is in contradiction to the fact mentioned in the question. Hence, wrong.

B. A devaluation of the currency in country X two years ago made travel there more affordable for residents of country Y.

The devaluation of currency X - means the price of goods in country X is much cheaper and more affordable than it was before. This devaluation could have boosted sales and increased visitor numbers from country X to country Y, independent of MoTox advertisements , thus weakening. Hence, correct.

C. Increasing political turmoil in country X will lead to a decrease in visitors from country Y next year.

This is in contradiction to the stated fact of increase in visitor numbers. Hence, wrong. The option speaks about the political turmoil which is going to happen the upcoming year. While, the question statement speaks about present and past scenarios.

D. The number of visitors from country Y to country Z increased by more than 8 percent over the past two years.

This is irrelevant as it speaks about the visitor increase from Country Y to Z. But, the question in place is between countries Y and X. Hence, Wrong.

E. Over the past two years, the advertisement campaign launched by the Ministry of Tourism in country X cost more money than residents of country Y spent traveling in country X.

We are not comparing the amount spent on advertisement vs the amount spent by tourists travelling from country Y to X. This is not relevant to the discussion at hand. Hence, wrong.

Option B
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