{"id":52837,"date":"2022-08-22T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T09:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=52837"},"modified":"2022-08-22T10:15:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T09:15:25","slug":"the-perils-of-giving-back-and-a-tourism-model-that-actually-supports-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2022\/08\/the-perils-of-giving-back-and-a-tourism-model-that-actually-supports-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perils of \u201cGiving Back\u201d and a Tourism Model that Actually Supports Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Travelers tend to be disconnected from those foundational building blocks that drew them to a certain destination in the first place.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By definition, travelers arrive in a destination and then depart it. They are not members of a community, nor are they invested in the infrastructure and amenities that local people want and need, such as schools and health clinics. Travelers aren\u2019t necessarily concerned about long-term municipal issues like property taxes or environmental challenges like waste management, and they aren\u2019t directly impacted by how a specific place evolves over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, travelers tend to be disconnected from those foundational building blocks that drew them to a certain destination in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn\u2019t travelers\u2019 fault; this is just the way travel is. People come, and people go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More people seem to be waking up to the consequences of this transient movement. The result has been a push toward \u201cslow\u201d travel<\/a>, kicking the bucket list<\/a>, making travelers aware of their particular impacts on destinations, and placing more intentionality behind the activities travelers participate in<\/a> and the way these activities are communicated<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What It Means to \u201cGive Back\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Among the many ways that the tourism industry is attempting to change course from its extractive and exploitative model is by offering ways for travelers to \u201cgive back\u201d to the places they visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there\u2019s no easy solution for any challenge. This is the case with \u201cgiving back\u201d in the tourism context. \u201cGiving back\u201d is increasingly common terminology used in the tourism industry, but, like many concepts, it\u2019s worth peeling back the layers of what that means and why that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n