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[quote=Anonymous]WTF was that? What’s the equivalent of word salad for a film trailer? Wowza!

They are really throwing everything against the wall in this film.

Animals as entertainment? I suspect most of the citizens of Dcumlandia are against this. Having said that, some orgs actually use the ticket sales/revenue to protect animals, so it depends on the actual activity.

The local quoted about how cruises come into port and the locals get nothing? Poppycock! Drivers, guides, salespeople, restaurants, bars, beach chair operators, etc. benefit directly. It’s cash in their pockets. Literally. Heck, I’ve paid $20 to a disabled man offering pictures with his pet monkey on various Caribbean islands. No clue how that man and his family would survive without cruise ship tourists. Plus, the hefty port fees fuel entire economies. I believe the tourism director in Montenegro was poached from nearby Croatia with marching orders to replicate the port success. Why? Because those dollars are significant to the government and its services as well as to locals (businesses and individuals).

I’m curious if this film bothers to address the abject poverty and suffering faced by communities during the pandemic when tourism grinder to a halt. If you bothered to speak with cab drivers, shopkeepers, guides, restaurant workers, etc. you know that people barely made it. Governments weren’t equipped to support their people.

I wonder if the film was made by the sort of people who come to dcum to kvetch about how crowded various destinations are and lament the days decades ago when nobody had discovered X yet.

The poverty tourism is admittedly tough. Like the animal tourism, there’s a fine line between crass and necessary. I know people who have done such tours. They are told in advance what kinds of donations would be helpful (think: school supplies and new shoes) and they are hit up for cash donations onsite. Then there is the ongoing ask for more sizable donations. Newsflash: how do these critically needed services (orphanages, schools, hospitals) function without cash? The funding simply won’t come from locals. Period.

Lastly: the environment. Sigh. We get it. But everything socially aware Americans do to save the environment is a drop in the bucket when the rest of the world gives zero Fs.

If the film is produced by a certain nonprofit or is steering funds to a specific org, look closely and be skeptical. Also: do the filmmakers have a flawless reputation, or are they faux activists like Luxury Yacht Boy Private Jet Leo? [/quote]

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