For or Against mass tourism

[Joe is Outside]

I'll have to write an essay about mass tourism and i'm looking for arguments,

[Artifex]

Money and culture... that's about it.

Pros:
- Lots of revenue from the place being visited for private and government organizations.
- (pro for place being visited) They can charge whatever they want for their goods because they know tourists will want to buy it, well within reason.
- Trinket industries make money due to massive amounts of goods being bought by vendors.
- among other things.

Cons:
- Culture is "lost", the place in general becomes more of a "place of culture" and the people that live there become more jaded towards those who are tourists and the general businesses cater more towards tourism rather than local progression.
- Depending on the situation, mass tourism can be good for mom and pop stores, but it can also be bad due to inability to provide enough, thus losing chances to gain more profit.

That's just a few.

[Zak]

Being someone who travels a lot and gets annoyed at large groups, I'm quick to say that I think mass tourism is a bad thing. There's nothing worse than going to Florence and having to wade through alternating groups of Japanese tourists and fat American tourists all wearing their sweaty wife-beaters and shorts. It seems to me that the larger the groups, the more likely it is for there to be a number of people who have no regard for a culture's sensitivities.
However, I believe it's traveling that works to remove ignorance and insensitivity in the world. Going to any place and seeing how those that live there live differently, I find people learn that the world isn't just America or where ever they are from. Traveling teaches us to care about one another and appreciate the history that we all come from. If that requires mass tourism, so be it, as long as that mass tourism doesn't spoil the culture which people visit for.

[Joe is Outside]

thanks

[Soren515]

Being someone who travels a lot and gets annoyed at large groups, I'm quick to say that I think mass tourism is a bad thing. There's nothing worse than going to Florence and having to wade through alternating groups of Japanese tourists and fat American tourists all wearing their sweaty wife-beaters and shorts. It seems to me that the larger the groups, the more likely it is for there to be a number of people who have no regard for a culture's sensitivities.
However, I believe it's traveling that works to remove ignorance and insensitivity in the world. Going to any place and seeing how those that live there live differently, I find people learn that the world isn't just America or where ever they are from. Traveling teaches us to care about one another and appreciate the history that we all come from. If that requires mass tourism, so be it, as long as that mass tourism doesn't spoil the culture which people visit for.

I never had that problem in Florence ;P

Now for anyone locally living in an area with mass tourism that isn't in a business directly affected by it, life can suck. I love going to that Grand Canyon because it has a great view and some nice trails but it impossible to go during certain times of the year because everyone is there. Especially the Japanese.

[Zak]

Especially the Japanese.

Arn't they insane? They move around in massive tour groups. Nice thing is that I'm 6'2" and manage to tower over them by about foot.

[Soren515]

Arn't they insane? They move around in massive tour groups. Nice thing is that I'm 6'2" and manage to tower over them by about foot.

I'm 6'3 but it doesn't really matter when there are so many of them that you can't even walk to where you are going. I also think the Portuguese guys who don't wear deodorant and follow you around Utah are pretty annoying.

[Iron]

I'm 6'5, and if I was in THEIR country I'll respect them, but if they start trying to change our Area, then I'm all against it.

[Silver0range]

I think tourism tends to counteract ignorance, even if modern (American) tourism tends to be extremely shallow.

[Blue]

Especially the Japanese.

I live less than 2 hours away from San Francisco, so I go there/have been there quite often. The streets are absolutely packed with Japanese families. I mean, full-on Japanese families, with generally 3 or 4 generations of the family all moving in one group. And each family member has his or her own camera. I can understand why there would be so many (Japanese) people wanting to see the Grand Canyon, but I seriously don't see why so many Japanese tourists flock to San Francisco.