QUESTION: ‘Morally contestable forms of tourism such as dark tourism and slum tourism should be promoted for the positive benefits they can bring to host destinations and to tourists themselves. To what extent do you agree with this?’
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION:
This question asks for you to present an argument around forms of tourism which raise moral questions. It included dark and slum tourism and also medical and voluntourism which also raise some important moral issues. You are asked the extent to which you agree with the statement presented so you will need firstly to explain what is meant by ‘morally contestable forms of tourism’ and you will need to present your arguments both for the positives and the negatives (always thinking about using examples to illustrate your points). It is really up to you how you decide the actually answer the question – on balance, given your arguments and the evidence you present, do you think that these forms of tourism should be promoted or not?
＊You must FOLLOW the instruction and must USE the readings that I provided in the additional file＊
＊In the additional file, there’s one file called ‘Selected dark tourism’, there’s a lot of references to use.＊
