Part j: Tourism, a culprit in commodifiying cultures and traditions

I agree to a large extend that tourism is a culprit in commodifying culture in Africa.

Nowadays, more and more tourists visit Masai as cultural tourism. Thus the Kenyan government decided to create a wildlife parks in Masai to attract even more tourists in order to boost their economy. Hence, the government took away the Masai tribe lands to develop the wildlife park. As a result, the loss of land has forced the Masai to change their way of life as they no longer have huge tracts of lands to herd their cattle. http://www.kenya-advisor.com/masai-culture.html

Masai culture has further been threatened and commercialized due to negative western values affecting the Masai youths. The youths are now more exposed to the outside world and get influenced. These lead to a loss of traditional culture, prostitution and spreading of AIDS and other diseases. Thus, tourism can have negative impact on Africa. http://html.rincondelvago.com/impacts-of-tourism.html