While trying to decide whether I would engage in becoming a begpacker or voluntourism, I realized the decision is rather difficult. Both types of tourism bring along many negative factors that I am not a fan of. I can safely say that I would never become a begpacker due to the fact that I am always worried about how much money I have. I will not even go to simple places near my home without money, so why would I ever travel to a different country with no money? It makes no sense to me that people think that it is morally okay to travel to foreign places with no money at all. I feel as though if they weren’t to have any money, they shouldn’t be taking such trips anyway. So, I guess if I had to choose I would engage in voluntourism. I would love to be able to go somewhere in the world and help a community in need, but only if that community is asking for help. I feel as though often time’s groups travel to places that do not even wish to have their help. Scrolling through Instagram, I feel as though often times people engage in voluntourism and feel as though the whole Instagram community needs to acknowledge it and congratulate them for how awesome of a person they are. If it were me I would not post anything besides sending pictures to my family of how I helped and the experiences I had.
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