foreigners pay more money than local????
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 4:19 pm
Foreign visitors should pay more than local visitors for cultural and historical attractions. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
As people’s living condition are getting better, they are more likely to seek for luxurious forms of entertainment, and travelling may perhaps be considered the number one choice. However, it is believed that foreign tourists should be charged a higher price than the residents; personally, I would argue that this is not a sustainable and wise decision for the following reasons.
To begin with, as overseas visitors commonly are perceived as wealthy, they are usually fleeced and overcharged while travelling; as a result, it would possible leave them such negative and unfair feelings during the trips. This is specifically true for those who travel in developing nations namely Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos where tourists are normally charged two or three times higher than the native. This idea is regarded as typically stereotype and even racism to some people since many travelers indeed have very tight budget, specifically those who go trekking around the world. Consequently, many potential tourists would feel reluctant to go visit countries that might treat them less fair, which would lead to less successful tourism industry in the long run.
Secondly, charging a more expensive price for oversea visitors at tourist attraction places could possibly be a precursor for future price raising in positively correlated with almost every products and services for foreigners. It would apparently make countries which have pricey products and services appear less competitive to those offer affordable prices. Thus, a drop in the number of tourists as well as a decline in the amount of money pooling for maintaining and sustaining the national cultural heritages would be likely a foreseeable consequence. Further, the action of raising price may embody the idea that a nation is incapable of raising money themselves to finance their own natural heritage.
In conclusion, following the analyzation why charging foreign tourists would not be an optimal decision, it is clear that the government should seek for better comprehensive options to attract financial resources for national beauty spots.
As people’s living condition are getting better, they are more likely to seek for luxurious forms of entertainment, and travelling may perhaps be considered the number one choice. However, it is believed that foreign tourists should be charged a higher price than the residents; personally, I would argue that this is not a sustainable and wise decision for the following reasons.
To begin with, as overseas visitors commonly are perceived as wealthy, they are usually fleeced and overcharged while travelling; as a result, it would possible leave them such negative and unfair feelings during the trips. This is specifically true for those who travel in developing nations namely Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos where tourists are normally charged two or three times higher than the native. This idea is regarded as typically stereotype and even racism to some people since many travelers indeed have very tight budget, specifically those who go trekking around the world. Consequently, many potential tourists would feel reluctant to go visit countries that might treat them less fair, which would lead to less successful tourism industry in the long run.
Secondly, charging a more expensive price for oversea visitors at tourist attraction places could possibly be a precursor for future price raising in positively correlated with almost every products and services for foreigners. It would apparently make countries which have pricey products and services appear less competitive to those offer affordable prices. Thus, a drop in the number of tourists as well as a decline in the amount of money pooling for maintaining and sustaining the national cultural heritages would be likely a foreseeable consequence. Further, the action of raising price may embody the idea that a nation is incapable of raising money themselves to finance their own natural heritage.
In conclusion, following the analyzation why charging foreign tourists would not be an optimal decision, it is clear that the government should seek for better comprehensive options to attract financial resources for national beauty spots.