Tourism trends in Sabah - Tough SC

This topic has expert replies
Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts
Posts: 5
Joined: Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:54 am

Tourism trends in Sabah - Tough SC

by mbaonly » Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:08 pm
Recently observed tourism trends in Sabah, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, include the interest increasing in travelers seeking out the state's many national parks and numbers growing of visitors from regions beyond Southeast Asia.

(A) the interest increasing in travelers seeking out the state's many national parks and numbers growing of visitors from
(B) travelers whose interest increased in seeking out the state's many national parks and visitors whose numbers are growing from
(C) travelers interests that increase in seeking out the state's many national parks and visitors numbers that have grown from
(D) the interest increase in travelers who seek out the state's many national parks and the growth in numbers of visitors from
(E) increased interest from travelers in seeking out the state's many national parks and growth in numbers of visitors from

Source - gmathacks

User avatar
Legendary Member
Posts: 520
Joined: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:12 pm
Thanked: 339 times
Followed by:49 members
GMAT Score:770

by eagleeye » Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:23 pm
mbaonly wrote:Recently observed tourism trends in Sabah, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, include the interest increasing in travelers seeking out the state's many national parks and numbers growing of visitors from regions beyond Southeast Asia.

(A) the interest increasing in travelers seeking out the state's many national parks and numbers growing of visitors from
(B) travelers whose interest increased in seeking out the state's many national parks and visitors whose numbers are growing from
(C) travelers interests that increase in seeking out the state's many national parks and visitors numbers that have grown from
(D) the interest increase in travelers who seek out the state's many national parks and the growth in numbers of visitors from
(E) increased interest from travelers in seeking out the state's many national parks and growth in numbers of visitors from

Source - gmathacks
This one checks logical predication.

A and D are incorrect because the phrase "...interest increase in travelers" males it seem as if the tourism trend is "increasing interest in travelers" instead of "travelers' increasing interest". Logical predication error.
B is incorrect because it equates trends with travelers. Illogical comparison.
C is incorrect because beside being awkwardly written, it makes it seem as if the travelers interest is the trend and as an aside, the trend increases in seeking out the parks.

This leaves us with E which is correct.

It corrects the logical predication errors of A/D and meaning errors of B/C. Also, it has the intended meaning and a parallel contruction rendering it the best choice.