{"id":42066,"date":"2009-07-27T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T11:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/?p=11175"},"modified":"2021-07-20T04:52:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T04:52:34","slug":"eco-tourism-vs-slum-tourism-is-it-worth-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/guide\/eco-tourism-vs-slum-tourism-is-it-worth-the-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-tourism vs. slum-tourism: Is it worth the pain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"beverly hills\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/beverly-hills_k71FR_11446.jpg\" alt=\"beverly hills\" \/><br \/>\nFast-moving metropolitan life, lush surroundings, enchanting landscapes, hygienic environs, clean commuting and green organizing is what summarizes eco-tourism. It\u2019s good enough if it\u2019s soothing aesthetically. We\u2019re civilized people, and hence we never try or dare to think beyond some fixed norms. How about extending eco-tourism to not-so-ecological slums? Well, there will be a school of naysayers negating such a suggestion.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Beverly Hills or the Mumbai slums, which would you prefer?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s but obvious anyone would like the Beverly Hills better. Certain issues viz. the unhygienic living conditions, sickly localities, poverty and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Slum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unaesthetic spectacles<\/a> in slums play the spoilsport.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eco-tourists detest even the idea of visiting there. However, governments and NGOs across the globe are thinking about it strongly, not just slum-tourism but empowering and improving the standard of life at such places. Revenue generated out of this form of toursism can create a huge difference when it comes to visualizing any of such developments.<\/p><div class=\"38520354a5201685ddf480eec688e1a7\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Slums in images:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"slum tourism\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/slum-tourism_VU7yh_11446.jpg\" alt=\"slum tourism\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"kibera nairobi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/kibera-nairobi_JXXWi_11446.jpg\" alt=\"kibera nairobi\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Dharavi Slum in Mumbai, India:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"mumbai slum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mumbai-slum_UILtn_11446.jpg\" alt=\"mumbai slum\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Slum in Tai Hang, Hong Kong:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"shanty housing in hong kong\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/shanty_housing_in_hong_kong_zXKr2_11446.jpg\" alt=\"shanty housing in hong kong\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Slums in Cairo, Egypt:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"cairo slum\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greendiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cairo-slum_814RT_11446.jpg\" alt=\"cairo slum\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While we take pleasure in touring green locales flaunting our environmental awareness, respect for local culture and green credentials, can\u2019t we try to reform the latter? Since small is beautiful, slum-tourism is definitely worth the pain considering the green impact it would create. 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