Foreign tourists enter the huts of poor people in India and make videos, they make it viral and tarnish the image of the country. In this viral Reddit video, 4 foreigners are talking to a poor woman about her poverty.
Foreign Tourists Exploiting Poor Indians in Slums: You must have often seen foreign tourists, apart from the beautiful locations of India, they are seen interacting with poor people in backward areas. There are records of him talking to them. The way these poor people cash in on people’s poverty by going to their slums. After this, by exhibiting these photographs, they tarnish the image of Bhar.
Do foreigners come to India and just cover the slums of the poor?
This video, posted on Reddit’s r/IndianTeenagers subreddit, shows the shameful acts of foreign tourists. The user wrote in the caption “What in the actual f..k is this?” – I mean what nonsense is this? In the video, four foreign tourists are making a video of a poor Indian woman and asking her about her poverty. He is recording the poverty of the people while roaming in the slum areas.
Why foreign tourists don’t show the prosperous side of India?
These tourists visit the beautiful locations of India like Taj Mahal or Goa, but reach backward areas to make videos. There they talk to the poor and slum dwellers, enter their huts and make photographs and videos. Then by posting these on social media they defame India and collect millions of views. Netizens believe this is ‘poverty tourism’ – cashing in on poverty. Recently, an American vlogger’s video of Mumbai’s Dharavi slum tour also went viral, where a user asked him – Why do you show only poverty in India?
These pictures of India are sold abroad at exorbitant prices
Such videos tarnish India’s image in the world. Foreign tourists give a wrong message to the world by displaying these pictures in exhibitions. Experts say, the government machinery should ban such tours. Local people should also be aware – save their privacy. A similar scene was shown in Lage Rahe Munna Bhai, in which a circuit teaches a lesson to a Chinese tourist.
This debate is going on in many Reddit threads. One user said – Foreigners feel superior by showing poverty. Second said – Indians should also pay attention to safety and cleanliness. But still the question remains – do foreigners come just to see poverty? This video is revealing. Look and think.