Culture and Tourism

Key Terms

• Administrative Region: A political area established for political reasons, that doesn’t follow physical boundaries.

• Colony: Land settled and ruled by another country, e.g. Brazil is a colony ruled by Portugal.

• Cultural Tourism: Travel to experience history, folklore, art, architecture and other aspects of an areas culture.

What is Culture?

• Culture can be defined as a way of life shared by a group or society

• It included everything from language, religion, customs, festivals, music, art, and values to institutions, ways of doing business, and styles of clothing

Language/Communic

ation

Customs

Institutions

Habits

Religion/Beliefs

Values

Technology

Art

Culture

The Demonstration Effect

• If tourism is not carefully planned to balance with local lifestyles, aspects of the tourists’ cultures may change or replace local culture

• Demonstration Effect: the impact of tourists’ values and customs on local peoples– Demonstration effect may affect religious

beliefs, dress, music, eating habits, or commercial practices

• “How does the decision to visit a specific country/region or site affect the citizens of that region?”

More Key Terms

• Cultural Region: An area characterized by a common culture

• Demonstration Effect: Valuing another’s culture more than one’s own

Cultural Inundation• If tourism is not carefully planned to

balance with local lifestyles, aspects of the tourists’ cultures may change or replace local culture

• Demonstration Effect: the impact of tourists’ values and customs on local peoples– Demonstration effect may affect religious

beliefs, dress, music, eating habits, or commercial practices

Cultural Inundation• Cultural Impacts experienced as a result of

tourism in the Caribbean:– Large-scale tourist developments changed rural living

patterns– Seasonal work patterns were created– Traditional skills of some workers were lost– Local art, music, and clothing were commercialized to

cater to tourists– Local properties and areas of natural beauty were

commercialized– Crime levels increased