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Negative Impacts of Tourism On Culture

This document discusses several negative impacts that tourism can have on local cultures: 1) Tourism can lead to the loss of unique cultural practices as cultures become commercialized and homogenized for tourists. Local traditions may be altered or disappear. 2) Aspects of culture become commodified as cultural elements are reinterpreted and marketed to tourists, losing their original meaning. 3) Tourism money can introduce moral issues as residents are exposed to outsider values and behaviors and seek additional income through vices or illegal acts.

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Negative Impacts of Tourism On Culture

This document discusses several negative impacts that tourism can have on local cultures: 1) Tourism can lead to the loss of unique cultural practices as cultures become commercialized and homogenized for tourists. Local traditions may be altered or disappear. 2) Aspects of culture become commodified as cultural elements are reinterpreted and marketed to tourists, losing their original meaning. 3) Tourism money can introduce moral issues as residents are exposed to outsider values and behaviors and seek additional income through vices or illegal acts.

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NEGATIVE

IMPACTS OF
TOURISM ON
CULTURE
STUNTED CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
• Unfortunately, tourism can also cause native cultures to wither
and die through acculturation , commodification, and
homogenization. It has been observed that tourism
sometimes leads to the loss of unique cultural practices,
including folkloric dances, local festivities, traditional foods,
music and dances (Mataritta-Cascante 2009). Tourism-induced
migration, whether seasonal, temporal, or permanent, can
alter local institutions, social cultures, and traditional practices
(Mataritta-Cascante 2009).
COMMODIFICATION OF
CULTURE
• Tourism can lead to the commodification of culture.
Commodification or Commercialization (Burns and Holden
1995 in Brunt and Countney 1999) is the process where
cultural elements are presented for the mass consumption of
tourist. In most cases, the reinterpretation of culture is done
by outsiders, such as tourist or tour operators. These outsiders
take the liberty of choosing which part of local culture to
showcase, based on their biases, understanding, and aesthetic
sense (Nash 1989 in Robinson and Picard 2006). Religion is
one aspect of culture that easily gets "commoditized"
(Sharpley 1994 in Brunt and Countney 1999).
MORAL DECADENCE
• The presdisposition to vices is not limited to the tourists, but
also the residents. In a study on the impact of tourism in
pagsanjan, Laguna. Takahashi et al. (2000) found that easy
money from tips given by tourists caused some boatmen to
squander on drugs, gambling and alcohol. They also found
that the presence of tourist attracted pederasts or pedophiles
ti pagsanjan from neighbouring towns, and that some tricycle
drivers worked as pimps at night for additional income. In a
similar vein, Andereck et al. (2005) noted from previous
studies that tourism sometimes lead to degradation of
morality (Mok et al. 1999) and sexual permisssiveness (Teye et
al. 2002; King et al. Milman 1991).
SOCIAL DIVISIONS
• Tourism, sometimes, worsens social divides. In a study pup
tourism in peru. It was found that the porters are victims of
exploitatiob by the local agencies that hired them. Theire
working condition are below the minimal standards
established by the International Labor Organization (Arellano
2011). In Cuba, tourism was found to fuel ethnic divisions and
racism between the blacks and whites (Sanchet and Adams
2008).
DISPLACEMENT
• Tourism creates inconvenience and stress due to crowding and
congestion. When tourist come in droves, the result is longer
queues and waiting times, loss of access to public ares, traffic
congestion, and competition for parking spaces (Deery et al.
2012). Tourism affects sociocultural characteristics, such as
habits, daily routines, social lives, beliefs and values which
lead to psychological tension (Dogan 1989 in Andereck et al.
2005).
COMMUNITY STRESS
• Many tour operators found humanitarian projects and school
as part of their corporate social responsibility (Hein 2015).
However, Hein (2015) noted that this practice has negative
consequences. Communities throughout the Third World tend
to rely on tours for income generation and development,
which creates cyclical dependency on foreign cash flow and
mobilization.
DEPENDENCE
• Tourism occasionally reinforces negative stereotypes. Tour
operators and their tour guides may sensationalized the
negatives, such as the Manila's chaotic traffic, the uncollected
garbage, and street children. Tour itineraries might include
visits to slum colonies in the guise of providing a “balanced
view” of the destination. Expose to such sights triggers a
perverse senses of superiority among the affluent tourists.
Tour guides may also exaggerated the dangers of venturing
out on one’s own, so they could herd the tourist to accredited
shops where the guides are given commissions (Cruz 2009).

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