Question

Four alternative summaries are given below the paragraph. Input the option that best captures the essence of the paragraph.

Greece has both natural and cultural assets. But it has lacked in infrastructure – be it inadequate, or unsuitable public transport from the airport, or poor service at a restaurant, or in a shop. Representatives from across the sector of the Greek tourism industry – hoteliers, restaurant owners, travel agents, tour bus operators, tour guides, ferry companies, and so on – have long touted the problems they have faced. From its first day in government, the New Democracy indicated its intention to address these problems. And in the first few months it has been in power, it has already gone beyond simply stating its intentions and has actually begun to do something.

A. Greece is a major tourist attraction albeit plagued by lack of basic transportation facilities and poor services, which are being addressed by the new order.
B. The fact that the basic amenities are lacking is detrimental to tourism.
C. The New Democracy is alive to the problems being faced by the tourism industry and has already initiated steps to rectify them.
D. Greece is destination of Olympics regardless of its infrastructural inadequacies.
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Answer 1

Option (A) is obviously the correct answer. It is an exact restatement of what is stated in the paragraph. (B) is an isolated statement, (C) is only partially complete, it may not be pertinent to Greece, and (D) is a fact not mentioned in the paragraph.