旅游英语论文--浅析旅游对当今文化的影响Analysis on the Culture Impact of Tourism

1.    General Introduction about Tourism and Culture

Considering the economic might of the tourist industry—now regarded as the biggest in the world ahead of automobiles and chemicals—careful attention should be paid to this many-sided phenomenon with its global bad affections. The impact of tourism is such that progressive strategies are vitally needed in order to prepare the ground for genuinely progressive international, regional and local strategies.

As we know, culture can be loosely defined as a mental state largely shared among members of a society who live the same or similar areas or national or regional boundaries. It is the sum total of values, beliefs and behaviors to a group of people at a given time and a given place. A major source of misunderstanding when dealing with people from different cultures revolves around questions of values and priorities, Shaped by cultural influence. Some of the more common problems lie in dissimilar in cultures perceive time, personal achievement, competitiveness and individuality. Also important are cultural thought patterns, language, religion, social behavior, business behaves management relationships and their differentiating characteristic.

2.    The Advantage Culture Impact of Tourism

2.1             Tourism Exposure to Native Culture

The positive side, as one of the largest industries in the world, tourism is a great source of foreign exchange cultural resource for many countries. It is even the main support of the economy for some developing countries. It is obvious that we can not just abolish it. A possible solution is ecotourism. Tourism has also been credited with helping traditional arts and crafts to service. For example in the southwestern Unites Stated, tourist exposure to native culture has greatly increased the demand for India arts and crafts, such as pottery, jewelry, and weaves. Indians of the southwest have resisted the temptation to turn out mass-produced imitations, so the quality of the products has remained high. A similar picture emerges in parts of Indian, where tourist demands for souvenirs have perpetuated the Indians craft of soapstone carving.

2.2             Tourism Contribute to Ethnic Preservation

From the whole world we can know that tourism not only helps sustain native art forms but may also contribute so ethnic preservation. For example, the assimilation of the Dong Guan population of Guang Dong province into the general population began in the 1980s, and by the 1990s this group had almost lost its unique identity. But then Dong Guan of Guang Dong province was developed as a tourist destination. Local residents began to take pride in their culture origins. Tourist from all over the nation expressed their appreciation of sweet, sweet Dong Guan food and the distinctive local music, and took their interest in the “Yue” language. In this way, tourism helped the Dong Guan preserve their cultural heritage, and retain a separate ethnic identity. Incidentally the Dong Guan present a good example of the cross adoption discussed earlier. Local residents adopt the values of visitors from other parts of North China, while the tourist adopt certain Guang Dong habit, as evidences by the popularity of Dong Guan style foods in restaurants throughout the People’s Republic of China.