GG294 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: International Health
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There are real dump tours of dumps in mexico, guatemala and elsewhere however, they are usually associated with missionary work/ngos who do continuously work in these regions helping the locals who live there. Some ha(cid:448)e (cid:862)(cid:271)etter(cid:863) (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374)s tha(cid:374) others some are intrinsically present in the community and are sustainable, others simply run at peak times when tourists/ visitors are there to help. La vina (the vineyard ministries central mexico feeding tour) Our multiple realities of risk, safety, and security create conflict when we travel to parts unknown. Tourism manifests already existing inequalities between those that have and those that have not. Tourism creates inequalities where there were previously not visible differences/power relationships in local communities. Locals are witness to wealth this creates inequalities and negative emotional geographies. Desire, jealousy, need for power, need to not be a victim of the tourist trade, (cid:858)re(cid:448)e(cid:374)ge(cid:859) o(cid:374) the ri(cid:272)h foreig(cid:374)er syndrome. Tourists are: visual-easy to spot, unsuspecting, distracted, lack regional/local awareness.
