Critics of poverty tourism maintain that the tours are voyeuristic and exploitative, and serve no real purpose except to profit from the slums’ destitute conditions and reinforce Western beliefs of cultural superiority and privilege.
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Who is right? The debate on Poverty Tourism
Critics of poverty tourism maintain that the tours are voyeuristic and exploitative, and serve no real purpose except to profit from the slums’ destitute conditions and reinforce Western beliefs of cultural superiority and privilege.
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