Does tourism have cultural disadvantages.?
February 82010
Can tourism drain a nations cultural values. Wanted this for a debate…. where i have to support that tourism ‘drains’ a countrys traditions. the trouble is that i believe otherwise and can’t find enough reasons to support the statement. Please help me find few good reasons that can support the fact that tourism dilutes a nations culture and tradition so that i can (hopefully) win the debate. Thanks for the time you spent reading this long additional information thing.
I agree that tourism is good for any place’s economy. But I also one who enjoys a good debate, so I want to help you if I can.
Tourism for the economy is a good thing, but nobody takes into consideration the problems that it brings with it.
First, in order to provide a large enough tourist base to draw visitors from different areas, they have to build attractions, restaurants, hotels and other support industries. When cities look to develop this economic base, they look to troubled and low revenue neighborhoods to dissolve. Most of the people that live in these areas are poverty level families that have minimal influence in government operations. Too often, they are forced from their homes without a voice in the decision.
Second, tourism brings a wide assort of people from all walks of life to the area. There is an element of people that pray on tourists and are attracted to areas with a great deal of tourists. These individuals commit acts of fraud, theft and more serious offenses against the tourists and the citizens alike. Tourists also increase the number of petty crimes in the city including crimes involving alcohol and public disturbances. The combination of this crime increase requires the local authorities to spend more funds on law enforcement and rescue services which creates more expense for the residents of the area.
Third, the impact of the tourist themselves on the area can create an unsettling of the area. Small towns or remote areas where economic development of tourism has been succesful have found that it drastically changes the structure of the cultural area. For example, Orlando was once a small town filled with Floridians. After swamp land was purchased by Walt Disney to build a theme park, the town boomed into one of the larger cities of America with citizens from all over the world. The original heritage of the area was lost in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
These are just few things that came to mind if I was in your spot. Hope they help. Good luck.
February 9th, 2010 at 3:08 am
I agree that tourism is good for any place’s economy. But I also one who enjoys a good debate, so I want to help you if I can.
Tourism for the economy is a good thing, but nobody takes into consideration the problems that it brings with it.
First, in order to provide a large enough tourist base to draw visitors from different areas, they have to build attractions, restaurants, hotels and other support industries. When cities look to develop this economic base, they look to troubled and low revenue neighborhoods to dissolve. Most of the people that live in these areas are poverty level families that have minimal influence in government operations. Too often, they are forced from their homes without a voice in the decision.
Second, tourism brings a wide assort of people from all walks of life to the area. There is an element of people that pray on tourists and are attracted to areas with a great deal of tourists. These individuals commit acts of fraud, theft and more serious offenses against the tourists and the citizens alike. Tourists also increase the number of petty crimes in the city including crimes involving alcohol and public disturbances. The combination of this crime increase requires the local authorities to spend more funds on law enforcement and rescue services which creates more expense for the residents of the area.
Third, the impact of the tourist themselves on the area can create an unsettling of the area. Small towns or remote areas where economic development of tourism has been succesful have found that it drastically changes the structure of the cultural area. For example, Orlando was once a small town filled with Floridians. After swamp land was purchased by Walt Disney to build a theme park, the town boomed into one of the larger cities of America with citizens from all over the world. The original heritage of the area was lost in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
These are just few things that came to mind if I was in your spot. Hope they help. Good luck.
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