"聚焦貧窮觀光"

這可能有弊或有益，端看經營觀光的人。

在過去十年，提供到貧民窟或貧窮、偏遠環境的旅行團越來越多。「貧窮觀光」讓觀光客有機會可以看到生活的另一面—看看人們如何用一點點錢生存和享受生活。但是隨著受歡迎的程度提高，很多人懷疑這樣的旅程是否剝削了窮人。

致力於反觀光剝削的慈善機構前董事特里西婭巴尼特說，這些行程有剝削的可能。她說這些當地社區是否有收到付給觀光經營者的錢是很重要的。在你去旅行之前，建議你問問看該公司對於當地社區有何幫助。如果他們什麼都沒做，那就找別家。

巴尼特說，如果旅程規劃完善，對每個參與的人都會很有助益。但是這代表要維持小型的旅行團，並嚴格限制觀光客拍照的機會。有些經營者帶遊客去貧民窟就像帶他們去看野生動物，專家說，應該避免這樣的旅行團。

(Travel)A Focus on Poverty Tourism

It can be damaging or helpful, and it all depends on the people operating the tour.

Over the last decade, tour groups offering trips into slums or poor, remote settings have grown in number. Poverty tourism allows tourists a chance to look at a different side of life V to see how people with little money survive and enjoy life. With the rise in popularity, however, many are questioning whether these trips exploit poor people.

According to Tricia Barnett, the former director of a charity working against tourism exploitation, these trips can be exploitative. She says its important to look at whether the local community receives any of the money tour operators get paid. Before you go on a trip, its advised that you ask the company what they do to help people in the local community. If they dont do anything, then find another organizer.

Barnett says that if trips are well organized, they can be very beneficial for everyone involved. But that means keeping groups small and strictly limiting tourists opportunities to take photos. There are operators who take tourists through slums as if they were going on safari, and experts say that these groups should be avoided.

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