Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Cant Do it in Europe


The film "Can't Do It In Europe" describes a new type of tourism called "reality tourism." "Reality tourism" is when American or European tourist go to destinations (usually third world) to live like the people there for their vacation experience. In the film, a group of  tourists visit the mines in Bolivia, as a tourist destination. I found the interaction between the workers and the tourists to be extremely uncomfortable, which is understandable because I feel like if I was one of the miners I would feel like the tourists were looking down on me. Also, it was surprising that the mines allow such tours considering the dangerous conditions. I really hated the fact that even though the tours increased revenue for the mine they were doing nothing to improve the conditions for the workers so that the mine tours would remain popular.

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