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"Cannibal Tours" by Dennis O 'Rourke made me rethink my view of tourism. Whereas before I thought tourism could be a good way for people from different cultures to learn about each other, I now consider, it is necessary for tourists to show local people as they are here, to gain knowledge about villagers and give them knowledge of where tourists came from. Both parties should learn about each other culture, rather than taking pictures of what fascinates tourists the most. From “Cannibal Tours” I experienced, often we criticize another culture for being behind with technology, education and their way of thinking. For instance, in the film, it was clear that tourist and primitives had two different acts, first, an act of taking photographs of primitives, second an act of bargaining for second or third price. Tourists take a lot of advantage of weaker people and try to transform their way of life. After I watched the film, it made me think about the impact tourists have inflicted on the local people of New Guinea and their ways of life as their culture is slowly wearing away because of the invasion of tourists.

For you and I this type of adventure could sound scary and intimidating, however, through Chagnons writing we quickly are able to understand his groundwork and excitement when preparing to study another lifestyle and culture. Yet, we quickly learn that there is no amount of preparation that can prepare someone for the ‘culture shock’ they are about to embark. He discusses

The trip to Vietnam from the 16th of November to the 1st of December was an eye-opener to my life as I saw how the locals live and operate daily. This has helped myself gain a new perspective on life. With gaining a new perspective it has helped myself understand and give direction to achieve my future goals and personally help with figuring out a which career path within tourism and hospitality I would like to go down. Over recent years in Vietnam tourism and hospitality impacted the local lives which helped myself understand how they live the way they do. Travelling to diverse cities such as Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An and Halong Bay showed me that Vietnam has different aspects on offer to help myself understand their cultural but also the hospitality and tourism industry. The hospitality and tourism within each city support the history of Vietnam. This increases the experience economy as individual travel for their traditions but also to be educated about Vietnam and their past.

Those who make a habit out of traveling the world, more often than not, become more of an extrovert than they may have been prior to their many journeys. It is no secret that those who make the choice to travel more often have a bit of extroversion in them, however, even the least social of any group typically find a way out of their shell when traveling. No matter the destination, it is the various interactions with people from foreign backgrounds, beliefs and cultures that present a challenge to the normality that most individuals cling to. These initial interactions create a comfortability, or openness rather, to engage with new people and see humankind through an altered, more optimistic lens than once

Throughout history, the progressions of mankind has given way to a perpetually globalizing world. Globalization, the “process of interaction and integration among peoples of different nations, has strengthened human ties while our race has formed societies in every corner of the globe. As our world becomes more interconnected, the resulting blend of cultures has led numerous societal features to be shared between peoples, blurring cultural division lines. Globalization’s tying binds may frustrate many modern travelers seeking unique and special travel experiences due to the standardization of destinations resulting from increasingly cozy international social relations, but continued and extensive human travel has demonstrated that the essential human urge to move is a product of our search for fulfillment in what is unfamiliar and will not be suppressed by global interconnection.

Unfortunately, many Americans don’t have that many opportunities for international travel—to quote J. Douglas Jr., “whatever evil war brings in its train, it has value in teaching us [Americans] geography.” (Douglas.) As a consequence, pop culture and media are the only real exposure to other cultures and places that some people have. Generally, these sources embellish and deemphasize certain features to the point where one’s experience living in the country might be completely different from the perception given. However, geography is—or, at the very least, should—inform on other countries from a completely factual and objective standpoint, which allows one to increase her worldview. Few will dispute the importance of understanding other cultures and expanding one’s

This chapter reinforces schwartz argument that tourism has a tremendous impact on society. She writes of how citizens were coming up with ways that made them seemed more exotic, in order to attract more tourists. One example Schwartz writes about is the Siboney Sun Worshipers. These people claimed to be aboriginal Siboney Indians, and would performed a sun ritual that tourists highly enjoyed. Schwartz explains, that Cuba’s original Indians had been completely wiped out by diseases brought by the Spanish, and the island’s Indians never had a ritual of the sun. Her main point in this chapter is to demonstrate that when tourism becomes an important aspect of a country, everything changes. Residents along with the government soon adapt cultural aspects, trying to promote uniqness and exotism that will make them look more attractive to

To journey the world requires a traveler to possess qualities that pertain to the culture and people in which they are attempting to assimilate with, but the traveler must do their best to lose all the traits and habits that their home has burdened them with and jump into a new culture with the eagerness to learn new traits and discover what this new segment of the world has to offer. Over the past summer, I journeyed with a group of my fellow high school friends to the coasts of Ireland in which for one week, we travelled and assimilated with the many different cultures that one can find within the plains of this great country. The discovery of a genuine connection between our group and the townspeople of Ireland aided us in discerning the

Max Shulman’s piece, “Love is a fallacy” expresses many arguments expressed during every day social interactions. In the piece, the author comes into contact with his roommate, Petey Bellows and a possible love interest, Polly Espy. The author makes many unjustified guess pertaining to their wisdom and intelligence, and these false pretenses contribute to his interactions with the two, and he aims to take advantage of the opportunity of manipulating the two into achieving his own selfish desires. His plan backfires, and he is forced to reconsider his actions. In the process, Max Shulman reveals that his piece is both anti-women, anti-men, and Shulman underestimates the intuitive and emotional aspects of love.

Throughout the history of Christianity, the ways in which Christians have understood and identified themselves are almost as numerous as Christians themselves. These definitions of identity have come into being for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes Christians understand their identity over and against a prevailing culture. At other times, Christians understand their perceived identity as the dominant culture. In either case, and in all the nuanced situations that exist between those two points, Christians have set their own identity in response to their specific cultural setting. This reactionary influence on determining both communal and individual Christian identities has contributed significantly to the development of “in” and “out”

First of all, as volunteer tourism gains momentum, the notion of Orientalism also ballons. Volunteer Tourism promotes developing communities as a playground for Westerners where they can ‘make a difference’ through consumable experiences and feel better about themselves for doing that. As such, it “perpetuates a logic which suggests a binary opposition which creates an ‘us’ (the West) vs. ‘them’ (the orient) dynamic” (p. 1464, Conran, 2011). This logic reinforces western supremacy and defines development as ‘westernization. That is, volunteer tourism industry adopts western development models, encourages the ‘third

Love is a fragile dance. I am going to tell crucial key factor in my life. I was one of those children that was always singled out being my parents were divorced. When I was younger, having divorced parents was rare, however now a days it's rare to see parents still together. I’m not going to lie it definitely has been a struggle, but thankfully I always have a friend or family member I can talk to.

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the three forms of backpacking, which a new type of tourism promoting cultural exchange.

Demographical & Socio cultural – tourism can be segmented but due to an increase in diversity of lifestyles, poor communities can easily target certain specific markets such as below extracted travellers. A large percentage of travellers is keen to explore cultural facets of aimed communities and is aware of the impact of tourism on poor cultures.

The missionary needs to understand the nature of culture, to develop an awareness of cultural divergence, to avoid misunderstandings and to recognize the role of cultural anthropology in building bridges for intercultural communication. “Culture is not a thing, nor is it a precise entity, it is conceived as having an existence and as being distinctiveness” a culture may be thought of as the way of life of a community or other group.