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Tourism And Tourism : The Benefits Of Tourism

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Nowadays, there is no denying the fact that being a tourist is becoming an increasing popular lifestyle in most of the region, such as America, Europe and Asia. Some people think that tourism industry is mutually beneficial, while others consider that tourism brings inequality and exploitation. I am in favor of the idea that the benefits that tourism brings to the CARICOM are short-term while drawbacks that come with are long-term.
From the perspective of economics, booming tourism industry causes single product economy by leading to brain drain in high-tech industries, although it stimulates some low-tech and tourism-related industries. Single product economy means that CARICON’s economy depends primarily on tourism for income. On the face of it, tourism is beneficial since it can indeed get many population, mostly low-skilled workers, into work, such as the farmers who grow the crops, the waiters who serve in the hotel, drivers who are responsible for transportation and housekeeper who take charge of cleaning. When the tourism industry is rising, both high-skilled and low-skilled workers tend to be in this popular industry in order to get good development on career and improve their quality of life. While the travel industry is getting elite which called brain gain, other industries are losing elite which called brain drain. In Chapter 1 of the novel “Behind the smile”(p7), this phenomenon of brain gain and brain drain is proved by mentioning that tourism revitalized the economy when traditional plantation economies declined and workers work in tourisms mostly instead of in agriculture. And the real long-term problem will be presented when CARICON’S tourism industry stays in a recession period. Obviously, other industries are not strong enough to keep CARICON’s economy growing since many industries can’t develop in proper way with lack of influx of potential employees, especially for those high-tech industries which urgently need highly skilled employees.
From the perspective of cultural, tourism encourages the short-term development of culture, but inhibits cultural development in long term. In the description of “Behind the smile”, tourists’ custom of enjoying sing and dance performances greatly

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