Slumdog Millionaire and poverty tourism

Slumdog Millionaire sweeps eight Oscars. This winning, however become hot debate in many forums around the world, blogs and our daily conversations. I notice some reactions that highlight poverty tourism in the debates. One of them is in NY Time blogs that addressing the debate and collecting more than 500 comments.

What do you expect on Slumdog Millionaire movie? and what should we do to combat poverty?

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Slum tourism helps poor people?

Slum tourism found not only in Mumbai, even the Oscar winner movie of Slumdog Millionare set at that area. In Jakarta, as CNN reports, there is such activity transporting foreigner to walk around slum areas, meeting with people saying “I’m running out of rice”.  The organizer said that the tour was about “the other culture meet the other culture”.

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    social impacts of slum tourism, slum tourism, slum tour jakarta, the social & cultural impacts of slum tourism