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The days of the camera-toting tourist may be numbered. Insensitive travelers are being ordered to stop pointing their cameras an
The days of the camera-toting tourist may be numbered. Insensitive travelers are being ordered to stop pointing their cameras an
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2014-01-09
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The days of the camera-toting tourist may be numbered. Insensitive travelers are being ordered to stop pointing their cameras and camcorders at reluctant local residents. Tour companies selling expensive trips to remote corners of the world, off the well-trodden path of the average tourist, have become increasingly irritated at the sight of the visitors upsetting locals. Now one such operator plans to ban clients from taking any photographic equipment on holidays. Julian Mathews is the director of Discovery Initiatives, a company that is working hand-in-hand with other organizations to offer holidays combining high adventure with working on environmental projects. His trips are not cheap; two weeks of white-water rafting and monitoring wildlife in Canada cost several thousand pounds.
Matthews says he is providing "holidays without guilt", insisting that Discovery Initiatives is not a tour operator but an environmental support company. Clients are referred to as "participants" or "ambassadors". "We see ourselves as the next step on from eco-tourism, which is merely a passive form of sensitive travel—our approach is more proactive. "
However, says Matthews, there is a price to pay. "I am planning to introduce tours with a total ban on cameras and camcorders because of the damage they do to our relationships with local people. I have seen some horrendous things, such as a group of six tourists arriving at a remote village in the South American jungle, each with a video camera attached to their face. That sort of thing tears me up inside. Would you like somebody to come into your home and take a photo of you cooking? A camera is like a weapon; it puts up a barrier and you lose all the communication that comes through body language, which effectively means that the host communities are denied access to the so-called cultural exchange. "
Matthews’ views reflect a growing unease among some tour companies at the increasingly cavalier behaviour of well-heeled tourists. Chris Parrott, of Journey Latin America, says: "We tell our clients that indigenous people are often shy about being photographed, but we certainly don’t tell them not to take a camera. If they take pictures without asking, they may have tomatoes thrown at them. " He also reports that increasing numbers of clients are taking camcorders and pointing them indiscriminately at locals. He says: "People with camcorders tend to be more intrusive than those with cameras, but there is a payoff—the people they are filming get a tremendous thrill from seeing themselves played back on the viewfinder. "
Earthwatch, which pioneered the concept of proactive eco-tourism by sending paying volunteers to work on scientific projects around the world, does not ban cameras, but operates strict rules on their use. Ed Wilson, the marketing director of the company, says: "We try to impress on people the common courtesy of getting permission before using their cameras, and one would hope that every tour operator would do the same. People have to be not only environmentally aware but also culturally aware. Some people use the camera as a barrier; it allows them to distance themselves from the reality of what they see. I would like to see tourists putting their cameras away for once, rather than trying to record everything they see. "
Which of the following best summarizes the view of Earthwatch?
选项
A、Too many tour operators ignore the problems caused by cameras.
B、Most tourists are aware of the offence they have caused to local people.
C、There are more problems concerning the use of cameras these days.
D、Cameras detach people from the world they see.
答案
D
解析
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