Today the world is more connected than any time before and people from all over the countries can arrive at their destination within 24 hours. However, while this possibility permits for millions of individuals to encounter different cultures every year, the phenomenon of the international tourism brings also conflicts between people with different habits and customs.
To begin, tourism creates isolation more than integration. In fact, tourists prefer to look at different places, costumes and habits like sitting in front of the television screen, watching a documentary, more than sharing time with the indigenous population. Furthermore, tourists don't respect foreign habits and cultures, often because they don't understand it. For example, they throw the litter on the ground, or even worse, they don't respect their hosts’ religion.
Nevertheless, the effects of international tourism are not all negative. Sometimes tourists fall in love with people and places they visit and decide to live in there, acting as mediators between cultures and enhancing integration. It's the case of lots of tourist guides that decided to move abroad and enjoy a different lifestyle and culture, trying to share their feelings with visitors. Also speaking the language of the place we visit can help us understand people from different cultures.
In addition, a large amount of money around the tourism business contrasts the tendency of some countries to close their border to foreign people. This can lead to a better comprehension of these cultures and so to integration.
In conclusion, the biggest industry in the world have to feel the need of changes in the way tourism is structured, so it could become a mean of integration and reciprocal understanding more than create tensions between cultures.
Today
the world is more connected than any time
before
and
people
from all over the countries can arrive at their destination within 24 hours.
However
, while this possibility permits for millions of individuals to encounter
different
cultures
every year, the phenomenon of the international
tourism
brings
also
conflicts between
people
with
different
habits and customs.
To
begin
,
tourism
creates isolation more than integration. In fact,
tourists
prefer to look at
different
places, costumes and habits like sitting in front of the television screen, watching a documentary, more than sharing time with the indigenous population.
Furthermore
,
tourists
don't respect foreign habits and
cultures
,
often
because
they don't understand it.
For example
, they throw the litter on the ground, or even worse, they don't respect their hosts’ religion.
Nevertheless
, the effects of international
tourism
are not all
negative
.
Sometimes
tourists
fall in
love
with
people
and places they visit and decide to
live
in there, acting as mediators between
cultures
and enhancing integration. It's the case of lots of
tourist
guides that decided to
move
abroad and enjoy a
different
lifestyle and
culture
, trying to share their feelings with visitors.
Also
speaking the language of the place we visit can
help
us understand
people
from
different
cultures.
In addition
, a large amount of money around the
tourism
business contrasts the tendency of
some
countries to close their border to foreign
people
. This can lead to a better comprehension of these
cultures
and
so
to integration.
In conclusion
, the biggest industry in the world
have to
feel the need of
changes
in the way
tourism
is structured
,
so
it could become a mean of integration and reciprocal understanding more than create tensions between
cultures
.