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I very much doubt that money trickles down to the local community that needs it in any measurable way. Trickle down economics doesn't work in Western Countries
by LilBytes 6y ago
I very much doubt that money trickles down to the local community that needs it in any measurable way.
Trickle down economics doesn't work in Western Countries, in third world countries, this would be demonstrably worse.
You see the exact same in Fiji as I'm assuming you do in Honduras (I haven't been to Honduras) on cruises and holidays in the South Pacific around Australia.
Places like the Soloman Islands and other Melanesians & Polynesian Islands have it less so. Fiji was just... so much worse. Security outfits. 12 foot walls. Not being permitted to leave the hotel complex. The illusion you're sold is so much different to the one you see from the hotel. And the disparity between what you're purchasing and what the locals live I found I couldn't escape. I really couldn't or want to go to ever again. And if I do I want to make sure more of my money go to those that need it.
- dawg- 6y agoMass tourism creates mostly shit jobs, and people have to commodify their cultural heritage to get them. Cruise ship companies and hospitality executives get rich, and the government might get lots of tax revenue. But we need to stop pretending like tourism is an unqualified positive for poor countries.