Do favela tours exploit the poor or spread hope?

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, contains 1.2 million people living in favelas. Previously regarded as dangerous places to be avoided favelas, or shanty towns, are now part of the tourist industry. A percentage of the fee paid by tourists goes to help the community, though not always. It is believed that some tour guides pay amounts to drug traffickers. Feelings are mixed as to whether touring favelas is a good idea, but it seems acceptable if the locals benefit.

Management, Housing, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (City), Squatter settlements

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Nothing to pillory in restored Pelourinho

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The state government of Bahia, Salvador, has spent $30 million since 1991 on a restoration program for the city of Pelourinho. Some 400 derelict and abandoned houses have been restored in a bid to encourage tourists to visit the city, which takes its name from the slave pillory. Pelourinho is famed for its old Portuguese architecture and its exotic street life, but beggars continue to be a problem.

Salvador, Brazil

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Wildlife suffers in Kenya's parks

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Kenya's national parks are now attracting fewer tourists, as excessive visitor levels in recent years have reduced wildlife numbers. The Kenya Wildlife Service admits that the national parks have not fulfilled their aim of protecting the country's wildlife. Efforts are now being made to promote Kenya as a whole as a tourist destination, rather than just its parks and reserves.

Land, mineral, wildlife conservation, Tourist Travel, Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions, National Parks, National parks and reserves, Kenya, Tourism

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