The stimulus text explains a phenomenon that has kept travel writing high-quality. It is not the result of good travel writing. The stimulus text explains that because people have visited more places now than before, travel writers must have greater skill to engage readers.

The stimulus text explains a phenomenon that has kept travel writing high-quality—not because travel writing is now intended for a wider readership, but because people have visited more places than before, requiring travel writers to have greater skill to engage readers.

The stimulus doesn’t discuss whether readers are disappointed with today’s travel writers. Instead, it argues that today’s travel writers must be talented because they face new challenges. The stimulus text supports this argument by explaining one of these new challenges.

The stimulus doesn’t discuss whether travel writing has flourished more now than before. Instead, it argues that today’s travel writers must be as talented or more than those in the past. The stimulus text supports this argument by explaining a new challenge for today’s writers.

The stimulus text describes a new condition—that the general public is better traveled—which has changed the job of a travel writer. Before, writers needed to show readers a place for the first time. Now, they must show readers a place they’ve already seen and make it feel new.