Introduction Before getting know what means by “Ugly Tourism”, there are a few questions that worth thinking about. Whenever you go travelling, what do you expect to see? How would you plan your trip? Most importantly, after visiting a city or country, have you learnt anything about their culture? Did you at least know a bit more about this place?
According to a study done by the United Nations, there’s an estimation of 20 percent of all the international tourists, or nearly 200 million travelers, are young people. On top of that, this demographic generates more than $180 billion in annual tourism revenue. On the other hand, according to American Express Business Insights, travellers between the age 16 and 34, also known as the “Millennial
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“Cultural tourism: refers to visiting cultural attractions “with the intention to gather new information and experience, to satisfy their cultural needs”. While “creative tourism” is type of tourism that derived from the cultural tourism, which is about tourists learning local culture through engaging in creative activities, as well as making connection with people who reside in and create the living culture.
Since the “Ugly Tourism” is a rather new concept in the tourism industry, which not many people recognize, there is not an official definition for this phrase. However, we have concluded from the following three examples that “Ugly Tourism” aims to focus on the hidden side of a city, in order to introduce tourists, sometimes even the locals, to the local culture, moreover, to encourage the communication between the locals and the tourists. And we believe it should be under the category of cultural
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Four years ago, two Hong Kong people, Josie and Stephen, founded a group called “Secret Tour Hong Kong”. They wanted to present a completely different side of Hong Kong to the tourists, because they had realized many tourists only understand Hong Kong as an international city, a business centre or a “shopping paradise”, while many other sides of Hong Kong, some more human sides, were left unseen. Tourists may have seen different skyscrapers, have been to the Victoria Harbor, or “the Peak”, but most of them have no idea of how Hong Kong people live. That is why in these tours, they would take the tourists to old urban areas, industrial buildings, or some small streets, instead of the routine tourist attractions planned by the government. They believe there are amazing stories of Hong Kong people that worth exploring and understanding.
Reflection We think the emerge of “Ugly Tourism” has brought some new insights into the tourism industry, in fact, it has offered us an opportunity to rethink about our ways of travelling. From the perspective of a tourist, what is the meaning of traveling? Is traveling just about going to the selected tourist spots, then take group or maybe a selfie, then at last put a tick on your “to-go-spots” list, done? What would us actually remember from the trip? From the perspective of a local, how do we expect foreigners or tourists to understand our culture when we are the ones that actually know nothing about
The number visiting has increased with the completion of the new A55 Expressway, which reduced the travelling time from Liverpool to Betws-y-Coed to less than one hour, thus meaning an increase in day visitors who are looking for a tranquil break from their bustling urban lives. The A55 Express... ... middle of paper ... ... -y-Coed To determine visitor opinion on the drawbacks of tourism in Betws-y-Coed, and also how successful the honeypot is at controlling tourism. I asked five visitors the following two questions, "What problems do you feel tourism brings to the area?"
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The traveler goes somewhere because there is something there to see or learn, and his reports of his goings-on are centered upon what is there and its relationships to ideas. The purpose of a trip for such a person is to learn, and also allow others to learn from what findings the person observes. While many people have never traveled around the world, they may still be aware of what is going on there,...
Novelist, Jamaica Kincaid, in her excerpt, The Ugly Tourist 1988, expresses difficulties tourists have brought upon Antigua. She backlashes on tourists who are ultimately ruining her own land, and are oblivious to the political corruption and harm they are causing. Kincaid's purpose is to persuade tourists to take control over their actions and to stay in their own country. She adopts a candid tone in order to appeal to similar experiences in her native Antiguan's/ any native readers. With the use of biting diction, repetition and imagery , she's able to develop and further enhance her argument about the type of people tourists are.
A lot of tourists would not think that they are offending the native residents when they travel. In the article, “The Ugly Tourist” excerpt from Jamaica Kincaid’s book, Small Place, she argues that when one is in a state of being a tourist, one does not know the depth of the place and only sees what one wants to see. Kincaid gives a strong idea of what she is arguing when she described a tourist as “an ugly human being.” She presents the emotional conflicts between tourist and the natives by evaluating their different lifestyles.
Title: "The Dark Tourist – Sightseeing in the world's most unlikely holiday destinations" by Dom Joly
Tourism in Britain is incredibly important, making up “around 10% of the UK economy” (Britain's Tourist Industry). The result is a £127 billion industry that “employs 3 million people” (Britain's Tourist Industry). The massive industry is only expected to grow, contributing to a doubling in the value of the industry and adding “£12 billion a year by 2025” to the economy (Tourism to Bring £257bn to UK Economy). The traditional aspects of Britain, like the round-...
The Maldives, Rome, Paris, New York City, Buenos Aires, Venice; don't they all sound like magical places whose cultures and histories put us in awe? Well, there are many other great places in the world not yet labeled as “incredible tourist-attractions” due to several reasons such as failed infrastructures or the absence of five-star hotels. The speaker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a speech, “The Danger of a Single Story”, addressing the problem of stereotyping places, people, their cultures, and believing that there is beauty in certain aspects only and not others. She talks about how people tend to be narrow-minded about specific topics and judge based on how information is portrayed to them by the local news channel, by magazines, or by social media. As the famous saying goes: “There are always two sides of a story”. Consequently, I believe it is not entirely correct that what is shown to a person, is what actually defines something or someone, and it is dangerous to believe that one detail displays the importance of a specific person or country.
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Travel is an important part of our life. Traveling is often a pleasant experience, at least for those who afford a comfortable and safe way to travel. But there are many benefits than satisfying your own money-making needs and enjoying your vacation. When you travel around, you can meet a lot of new or interesting people who might trigger the unexplored emotions suppressed inside you. Besides that, travel can give you chance to explore new places or new things and learn different cultures, traditions even lifestyles. Furthermore, travel does not only increase your knowledge but also help you feel relax with your family or friends and forget all the problems that you have. Travel can let you to meditation and enjoy the beauty of the nature.
The world and its human inhabitants have always been fascinated by deaths and disasters. This obsession with the mishaps has paved way to Dark Tourism. Dark Tourism, as the name indicates is the dark side of tourism, where extensive travellers visit places were historical tragedies has taken place, and the places that are suggested as dark tourism destinations are places were the most tragic deaths in the pages of history took place. Sites of dark tourism include destinations where wars or battles have taken place, scenes of natural disasters, murder spots, slavery-heritage sites, prisons, graveyards, and macabre visitor attractions.
This essay is the respond to the Local Council Member who has wrong idea about a common archetype of adventure tourist. This misconception based on ignorance of current tourism industry, could potentially be a dangerous for local economy and development. The local authority must be well informed about present conditions with the tourism market, before they will make a far reaching decisions about the development direction in this industry. Currently, there are many organisations whose monitoring an international tourism business and this knowledge supposed to be good use for our common good.
Nowadays in the rea of globalization, according to the World Tourism Organization, “seven hundred million people travelled abroad in 2003”, and the number is estimated to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020. (International Labour Organization, 2005). Tourism is spreading in unusual places. A lot of people want to be in the midst of adventure. It is a vital source of revenues for the GDP of many countries. I partially agree that tourism hugely benefits the local community. This essay will discuss some of the economic, social and environment effect of tourism on the host community.
Film induced tourism has grown in every aspect around the globe whether its because of the curiosity of the people to indulge in this kind of tourism or just being a part of the artificial world. Then it comes to define film tourism many authors have different views, according to Hudson and Ritch (2006a), it is describe as people visiting places which are directly influenced by films to see the landscapes, building, places as it was shown on TV, advertisement or in cinema screen. In addition to the meaning above for film induced tourism, Riley & Van Doren, (1992) further added that people visiting these places may be overwhelm with the romantic gaze of the place, and feel emotionally attached to it and also with the focal points of the film such as actors and their attributes, where they used to live, themes, social patterns and so on. However this essay will also discuss the originality of film tourism and its implications towards the destination and how it effects the local culture and community.
Tourism is a typical activity of fashion that the public participate widely and it has grown in importance over recorded human history. Innumerable articles refer tourism as “the world’s largest industry”; policy-makers, analysts, and scholars often speak of the size of the tourism compared to that of other industries (Smith 2004: 26). These series of misleading statement, together with the mass media’s reports (out of context), make the idea that tourism is a single large industry branded into many people’s minds. However, in this essay I will demonstrate that it is a simplistic and misleading idea, which should be replaced by the plural term, “tourism industries”. Moreover, tourism is not the world’s largest industry, but largest service sector.