Pros And Cons Of Slum Tourism

     Tourism also has its costs/down-sides. One of the social costs to the community because of tourism is that it may attract visitors whose lifestyles and ideas may conflict with the community’s (which commonly happens throughout the world, a good example of this can be seen in the settling of North America, and the effect it had on the Native Americans). Tourism could also lead to the overloading of porters which would lead to health problems. A loss of traditional values and culture is a possible outcome as well, through imitation of visitor behavior or

The gentrification and displacement debate is more controversial than ever in Oakland, California. You can see it everywhere from the outskirts of West Oakland to Lake Merritt, and all throughout East Oakland. There is no denying its strong prevalence throughout the city and the reverberation of both negative and positive effects it brings with it. Oakland was once notorious for violence and its high crime rates and now it has become an up-and-coming hot spot for newly affluent and mostly white residents while pushing out low-income African American and Latino residents.

The author Mike Davis has done countless research on the topic of urban poverty. In his studies he collects and receives his information from other sources. Perhaps this is the reason why he has a negative view on slums. This is illustrated in his piece “Planet of Slums” as he discusses the politics, urban development, and methods within the slums population. According to Davis, slums and urban poverty have and will continue to significantly increase. While doing so, the gap in exclusion and inequality will grow. As a result, this will weaken urban elites in their work to utilize cities as engines of growth. Slums and slum population are classified as those who are living below the poverty lines, all while, being associated with overcrowding, having poor or informal housing, inadequate access to safe water and sanitation, and insecurity of tenure. This is being recognized as an international phenomenon. To emphasis this phenomenon, approximately half of the slum population in most

The world is always changing whether it is technology or medicine. Within these changes there are mixed views and controversy. This happens especially when the topic is about gentrification. According to the definition from Merriam-Webster, gentrification is “the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class into deteriorating area that often displaces poorer residents”. Now the concept itself is like a mathematical equation economic increase plus a safer neighborhood equals a positive reputation. Still there are those who believe the idea of gentrification is bad for the community, causing family oriented shops to go out of business and a loss of culture within the city. There are cons to gentrification, but, one

Each and everyday minorities are removed from their homes. Most times there's no valid reasoning behind this, the majority of the time, they are removed from their homes due to big companies. These minorities are affected in many ways besides losing their homes, they also lose their jobs. This all leads to different outcomes. Gentrification is a rapidly growing problem in Boston and the US in general. In an article written by Beth Treffeisen, whom works for the Boston Media Network, He states ¨More than a fifth of Boston neighborhoods – 21 percent of the 57 city tracts described as eligible to gentrify – have become gentrified since 2000.” This is showing how much of a problem Gentrification because it's constantly costing people their homes

Gentrification is the process of renovating a city or neighborhood to offer modern places to work, play, and eat. Supporters argue that it brings economic growth and prosperity to the city, while decreasing poverty in the area. However, residents of these areas claim that gentrification has ruined the culture of the neighborhood while driving out low-income residents. While it is important to maintain cities and prevent them from wearing down over time, gentrification provides too many burdens on the citizens for it to be effective.

Gentrification if the city of Portland has become a huge problem. A problem that is directed towards low income residents, and people of color. Gentrification can be seen mainly to put into disadvantage these people and to technically get rid or get them out of the cities that are being gentrified. This is exactly what is happening in the city of Portland. Housing has increased drastically in Portland in the past 10 years causing low income residents to lose their homes and move out of their city. For other people their struggle is not being able to purchase a house because of the high prices or not being able to pay it off during a decent time. The gentrification in Portland is basically helping part of the city to become wealthier by bringing in the rich people and get out low income residents into areas that in bad conditions. But the city planners instead of helping the areas that need the money and the time decide to instead better areas for the people who are already in good conditions and leave the poor areas unseen.

Gentrification is a process of modernizing an area to conform to current upper-middle class standards. Lower-class neighborhoods are taken over and renovated. The goal is to help the neighborhood and establish new housing and businesses. This is done by refurbishing or demolishing and rebuilding housing areas, establishing new businesses, and other attempts to draw in a new crowd. When housing is updated, higher-class families are more likely to move in.

Gentrification can be defined as the renovation and re-purposing of buildings in run-down areas in order to suit the use of higher income social groups. It also assumes the creation of amenities in the area such as shopping facilities and restaurants to fulfill the needs of the new residents (Giddens, 1997). The topic of gentrification is one that is highly debated by scholars and the general public alike, particularly due to the fact that the process and aftermath of gentrification can be felt on a concrete and tangible level by those who experience its effects. While some view it as a means of returning a level of affluence to lower-income neighborhoods, others view it as the defilement of the authenticity of an area and the ethnic elements contained within it, much to the financial and social detriment of its inhabitants. (Sheppard, 2012)

They are left with vacant plants and have begun to take steps to address their problems by trying to attract tourists with such areas as the Works. A city in a similar position was Baltimore as highlighted in the article “’A Third-World City in the First World’: Social Exclusion, Racial Inequality, and Sustainable Development in Baltimore” by Mark Levine which addresses the issues of Baltimore in its quest for more tourism but is hindered by its high crime rate. The plight of Baltimore is also highlighted in the television program “The Wire.”

On the surface, gentrification looks like a great process that helps struggling areas. The problems only come when the residents are considered.

The Tourism Industry uses that to their advantage to make lots of money off these people. They all book flights through Travelocity, Kayak, Expedia etc. Almost everyone stays in a five star hotel and expects to be treated as VIP guests. Hotels take up most of supplies that we are short of. People have an itinerary of activities to get through for their trip . In the upside it provides more job for people who live there since it’s a busy attraction destination are. It raises awareness and shows off the beauty of their destination especially in poorer countries. But the downside of tourism is the environmental damage it provides. There will be lots of pollution since people are site seeing. The over capacity of people staying at one area is a major concern. Major tourism attraction areas like ancient buildings, monuments, and temples often struggle to cope with the vast amounts of tourist traffic and they suffer wear and tear or damage. Pristine sites and natural national park and wildlife parks are ought to be saved. These areas are old and fragile so it must be protected and preserved. Traditions are lost when people put on a costume and act just for a couple of dollars. Tourists don’t acknowledge or follow the policy acting like they own the place. Dressing how they want, eating how they want and doing what they want

533). Furthermore, tourists that often go on such volunteering trips are young graduates with minimal knowledge and skills about the outer world and cultures (Wearing 2001, p. 146). This could potentially lead to generalised views of other cultures and may even lead to imposing their own culture on others, with or without intention. It is essential that volunteers are appropriately qualified and prepared so that they are perceived positively by their hosts and can make a genuine contribution, rather than simply absorbing time and resources (Raymond and Hall 2008, p. 531). Without the fundamental material and understanding the plight of people in poor lands, the promise of good outcomes would be counter-productive and may only serve to imprint power and authority (McGloin, & Georgeou 2015, p. 409). Reinforcing the fact that people in the slums may comprehend the status of visitors and their dominance over their constructions, which influences their poverty and underpins their lack of power in society (Raymond and Hall 2008, p. 533). Voluntourism, when combined with unskilled tourists in this imperialistic world, becomes very exploitative. In other words, through the modern-day practice of voluntourism ideas of imperialism is still very much alive and present.

Development: In the development stage, the number of tourist increases at an accelerated rate and may quickly equal or exceed the number of permanent local residents (Butler, 1980). This rapid growth is triggered when large tourism groups controlling tourism retail, lodging and

Slum tourism is becoming an emerging trend now, especially in developing countries. In fact, it has become one of the fastest growing market in the tourism industry. One of the reasons for that is due to the expansion of slum in developing countries. Frenzel et al., (2015) argue that as the number of locations has increased in the past 20 years, so has the number of tourists participating in slum tourism. They then presented a graph on the rise of slum tourism and the estimated numbers of tourists per year. It all begins in the 90s, where South Africa and Brazil had first developed slum tourism. It then moves to North America, where Mexico was involved in around 1995. During the early 20s, the expansion of countries arrived in Asia. The number of slum tourist destinations has continued increased and has later transformed into a type of tourism. This indeed could generate income especially with developing countries that are heavily rely on tourism. As Frenzel (2013) states that slum tourism could contribute to development by creating a variety sources of income and non-material benefits. These benefits are not actually benefiting the community but acts as a form of exploitation instead. As a result, this paper argues how slum tourism is being portrayed as a form of exploitation through poverty, the ethics in participating in slum tourism and how it does not lead to economic development.