The other side of the coin

The other side of the coin

If you have traveled, you realize that no matter how well you have done your accounts seems there are always unexpected expenses? The same thing happens to tour operators.

"The tourism industry can bring many benefits to our society in the developing world," notes the aforementioned Pradhan. But he points out that if you do not take appropriate measures "can also reason be incurable social problems." He adds: "[We must] be prepared adequately being sufficiently aware of the various consequences of modern tourism." What problems was he referring?

"In countries with a large influx of tourists is almost always a strong, though unintentional, weakening of the traditional lifestyle. In some places the local culture has been canceled. "So Cordell Thompson, a senior official of the Ministry of Tourism of the Bahamas, describes a common side effect of tourism. Thompson speaks with pride of all the benefits that tourism has brought to his country. However he admits that living in a country where tourists are constantly outnumber the local population, or otherwise represent a significant percentage, has given rise to many other unexpected consequences.

For example, some who work with tourists end up imagine, wrongly, that they are always on vacation. The local will try to imitate that lifestyle imagery. This does not happen to others. However, spending much of their free time in the facilities for tourists, they end up abandoning their traditional lifestyle. Sometimes the tourist facilities become so popular with the locals that the gathering places of their local culture end up being deserted and, in some places, they disappear.

In many places of international fame, there are two opposing tendencies. On one side are well received the economic benefits arising from the influx of tourists. The other feels the weight of the social problems created by industries arose to satisfy the desires of certain illicit tourists.