20. Host sentiments towards tourists Euphoria Visitors and investors welcome Visitors taken for granted Apathy More formal relationships between hosts and guests Annoyance Residents misgiving about tourism Antagonism Irritations openly expressed Residents perceive tourists as cause of problems Resignation Resignation to the problems, avoiding contacts with tourists
It is widely ccepted that tourism preserve… by oblivion Keep them alive
It also depends on the developement model the tourist had i tourism is driven by foreign investimens probebly touyrism forsce local pepole tio accept low kill jobs and not so fair travel conditions On the contrary, if t follow a bottom us pattern probebly lead to beter conditions for the paopole and the workers. We can spoand hours in drawing up a list od places that had been radiclly changed bi tourism…
THYE MAIN ASSUMPTOON OF RESPONSIBLE TOURISM IS THIS: THE WELL BEING OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. Only if you have godd placec to live in you can have good places to visit to… If a particular commmunity is a good place to live in probebly it will be a good place to visit. Responsible tourism tries to minimize the bad efects and to foster the good ones by creating the consitions of a sustainable developement of tourism sector.
A friend of mine used to day that tha main motivation for tourism is the alar-clock that wake up us evey morning Reslessness is pone of the condition of our time of the modern westrn man We are always searching for meaning and we have many existentioal question that require answers and travel may give some answers On of the most persisting mith of our cuyulture is the escape frm paradise I like to quote a geran filosophers that said: I travel in order to knowm y own geography
These are in other terms the pull factors, i.e. that elements that attract visitors to our destination. Theese could be monuments, nature, … everything that could become the object of tourist interest. In recent years what could be the source of attraction of visitors had changed on consecuence of the changing of visitors needs and interests. every one wants to visit the super famous attractions all over the worls, but even not-so-famuous features in the destination is important to design an offer.
Tourism ins proplably the only economic sector in which a customer cannot try the product before using it.
the post cards gave the traveller the possibility of to send greetings home and gave the destination the opportunity to promote some images. At our times we prefer hare our pictures and
Every place has its own unique qualities, not only in terms of its physical makeup, but of how it is perceived, so it ought to be (but far too often is not) the responsibilities of the governament (and the management) of a destination to be sensitive to those unique qualities, to enhance them rather than to destroy them…
In the early stages of tourism, the community is euphoric, welcomingthe potential economic and social benefits tourism may bring. This then moves to a state of apathy as the early promises are not realised by all members, moving on to annoyance with the inconveniences of the increased numbers of visitors, such as limited parking spaces and crowding. According to Doxey’s model, if the crowding increases, residents begin to show antagonism towards the visitors, which may ultimately be expressed through violence. The final stage that Doxey described is that of resignation, with many residents becoming resignedto the effects of tourism, possibly altering their behaviour or simply avoiding visitors.Doxey referred to this model as an ‘Irridex’ and, while it is extremely simple, it has remained one that is often referred to by community planners when considering the potential negative aspects of tourism..
Visitors can learn interesting aspects of local culture, they can experienca an immersion in the residents life, meet new people, learn something about themselves Residents can do the experience of encounter, learn something about the visitors culture, to refine the art of hospitality
So all these determinants help to better plan the tourism developement and help to avoid some risks brought by uncontrolled developement of tourism.
Remember that touruists are attracted by the diversity, do try to enhance yout identity and be proud of your customs and traditions. Only if you know the reasons of the unsatistaction you can improve the offer of you destination