GEOG233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Commodification

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Geography and Environmental Management
• Course: GEOG233
• Professor: Judith Cukier

Document Summary

Florida: mexico, venezuela, bali (banjar) banjar are neighbourhood community, they have their own police. Language is strongly linked to culture: religion is becoming a resource for tourist, authenticity isssues, some people don"t want to go to the churchanymore because there is too many tourists. Cultural commodification & authenticity: purchasing of culture for tourism, authenticity of culture: Or do they: the cheap ones can degrade the authentic masks just want the 2$ souvenir. Louisiana: music, food, acadian/french links, cajun louisiana culture was pretty much gone, tourists came and have a strong interest in the cajun culture. It brought back the cajun culture to louisiana. Improvements in health care/standards: more employment choices, higher quality employment. If you have both strong health and employment you have strong communities. Informal education (skill development: where tourism is significant sector, tourism training is significant. Local vendor have a lot of skills, changing money and can speak multiple languages.