Band 6+: In the future, the main reason for going to the shopping mall will be for entertainment, not to shop. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

In the future, entertainment will be the main need for going to shopping malls, not to shop and I completely agree with this opinion. Because there are many online shopping websites on social networks and most people shop on this. As well as people like going to shopping centers with their friends to meet, chat and play…rather than for shopping.

The primary reason why I believe entertainment will be the main need for going to shopping malls is that we have many online shopping platforms, helping consumers easily purchase at their home. With the variety of goods, cheap prices and services of fast shipping from famous ecommerce platforms like Shopee, Tiki, Lazada… making the demand for going to physical stores significantly decreased. This implies that shopping malls need to self-renewal, attracting customers to come.

Another rationale for my belief is that shopping centers offer attractive entertainment facilities, making that place not just a place to shop but also a place to entertain, relax, meet, have dinner… Because they combine entertainment facilities such as cinema, game room, virtual reality experience room… The combination of the food courts to the luxury restaurants in shopping malls is a convincing reason, making people come to. Example, playgrounds for children, making shopping malls become interesting in the eyes of families.

And I realize that going to shopping centers not just about shopping. Instantly, recently I have gone to shopping centers with my best friend, primarily eating fried chicken and watching a movie just opened. It means shopping malls are gradually becoming a destination to entertain and exchange, not really just for shopping.

To sum up, I strongly agree with this opinion. In the future, shopping centers will develop to destinations for entertainment, by providing recreation activities. Whereby, shopping plazas can increasingly attract more customers than traditional shopping methods. This change is not just responding to the favourite of consumers but also showing the liveliness, constantly changing of shopping malls.