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Tourism brings much needed money, as well as provide employment to developing countries.
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as well ass VS similarly vs correspondingly
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Tourism brings much needed money, as well as provide employment to developing countries.
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I don't like "brings...as well as provide".
Tourism brings much needed money and provides employment to developing countries.
Tourism brings much needed money and provides employment to developing countries.
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I agree, I'd use "providing" there.
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That is a possibility, but I find the structure "brings XXX as well as providing YYY" to be unnatural.
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