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Tour ism
Tourism
WHAT THE HECK IS
POVERTY TOURISM?
By Samuel Phillips, Kenya
Yet that’s exactly what happens on some tours, often labeled
magine a busload poverty tourism, pity tours, ghetto tourism, reality tours or
of foreign visitors even poorism - there is no dearth of labels. Yet that’s exactly
traipsing down your what happens on some tours, often labeled poverty tourism,
Istreet, peering into pity tours, ghetto tourism, reality tours or even poorism -
your house, take a selfie in there is no dearth of labels.
front of your door… Invasive Kibera slum is home to nearly a million people. With an
right? average income of less than a pound a day, it is one of the
poorest parts of Kenya – a poverty that is attracting Western
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