Introduction
Several ethical issues touching on the government, the tour operator (PO Cruises), and the tourists themselves identified from the video based on the concept of sustainable or ethical tourism. Ethical tourism advocates for the local community to be involved in the development of tourism rather than simply being used as an affordable labor force (Robinson 2012). The concept of ethical tourism is closely related to sustainable tourism and responsible tourism as they all emphasize the well-being of the local environment and community. Responsible tourism supports social justice, and respect for human rights and ethics. In general, ethical tourism tries to impact positively on the local environment, culture, and community, while “restoring
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Ethical tourism supports the directing of tourists’ money away from the global travel operators, towards the local community to facilitate community-controlled tourism (Hannam & Ateljevic 2007). Support for locals’ self-sufficiency and self-determination is a significant component of ethical tourism. To achieve this credible investigation should be conducted to identify those involved in mismanaging or embezzling the proceeds of tourism over the years and have them prosecuted. The local community should then placed in charge of the local tourism through the creation of transparent and accountable committees comprised of local members who should be voted into the …show more content…
For instance, the locals should be encouraged to engage in local entrepreneurship and other alternative sources of income as well as to adopt a saving culture, rather than just relying on the proceeds of tourists.
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Tourism has been described as a global activity with local implications. We are all aware of the tourism potential to boost economic diversity and growth within their regions. The decentralized nature of t...
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promote/advise tourists on how to behaviour to stay safe, and respect cultures to aim towards sustainability, but with the high amount of tourists not everyone will listen, and the actions of locals cannot be determined even with policy.
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Several ethical issues touching on the government, the tour operator P&O Cruises, and the tourists themselves identified from the video based on the theory of sustainable or ethical tourism. Ethical tourism advocates for the local community to be involved in the growth of tourism rather than merely being used as an affordable labor force (Robinson 2012). The concept of ethical tourism is closely related to sustainable tourism and responsible tourism as they all emphasize the welfare of the local environment and community. Responsible tourism supports social justice, and respect for the local’s rights and ethics. In general, ethical tourism tries to impact positively on the local environment, culture, and community, while “restoring the balance that might be disturbed by ‘greedy mass tourism’” as cited in (Robinson 2012, p. 225).
Several ethical issues touching on the government, the tour operator P&O Cruises, and the tourists themselves identified from the video based on the concept of sustainable or ethical tourism. Ethical tourism advocates for the local community to be involved in the growth of tourism rather than merely being used as an affordable labor force (Robinson 2012). The concept of ethical tourism is closely related to sustainable tourism and responsible tourism as they all emphasize the welfare of the local environment and community. Responsible tourism supports social justice, and respect for the local’s rights and ethics. In general, ethical tourism tries to impact positively on the local environment, culture, and community, while “restoring the balance that might be disturbed by ‘greedy mass tourism’” (England, as cited in Robinson 2012, p. 225).
The opposition believes that tourism creates the illusion that there can be profit without exploitation and the intellectuals can trick themselves into finding it where it does not exist [in the “Other”]; where, in their view, it can never exist (MacCannell 1992: 28). In other words tourism turns cultures into a commodity as it depletes natural resources separating “Us” from “Them”.
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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.
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