Poverty tourism
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Poverty tourism or poorism[1] is a type of tourism, much akin to slumming, in which tourists travel to less developed places to observe people living in poverty.[2] Poorism travel tours are popular in places like India, Ethiopia, and even places that have had natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis. After Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana became a big poorism site.
Critics say poorism is likened to a kind of voyeurism, exploiting people less fortunate, snapping pictures and leaving nothing in return. Some poorism tours do use portions of the profits to help out however.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Poorism" from WordSpy
- ^ "Next Stop, Squalor", by John Lancaster from Smithsonian Magazine, March 2007.
[edit] External links
- Wall Street Journal
- Poorism.com
- Guardian on poorism
- "Tours through India"
- "Poorism" in India - Gadling
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