poverty tourism

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Definition of poverty tourism in English English dictionary

Poverty tourism or poorism is a type of tourism, much akin to slumming, in which tourists travel to less developed places to observe people living in poverty. Poorism travel tours are popular in places like India, Ethiopia, and even places that have had natural disasters such as hurricanes and tsunamis. After Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana became a big poorism site

Hyphenation

po·ver·ty tou·ri·sm

Turkish pronunciation

pävırti tûrîzım

Pronunciation

/ˈpävərtē ˈto͝oˌrəzəm/ /ˈpɑːvɜrtiː ˈtʊˌrɪzəm/