A mixed blessing: slum tourism

“History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.” Slum tourism is an emerging industry in India. Most of us are familiar with the word ‘tourism’, but ‘slum tourism’ or ‘poorism’ is a new subject. It is proving to be one of the big businesses of the international tourism market. Because of its uniqueness to regular tourism, the new form of this tourism is an opening for tourists to learn more about the real life situations of the poor relate to them and their circumstances. Western countries’ richest people like to see the poor people's life style. South Africa, Brazil, India are emerging countries for this type of tourism. For those who fancy a chance to see how the other half of the world lives without the luxurious amenities of life, goes to these special tours to the underprivileged neighborhood of the world. Slum tourism business increased by 25 percent after the movie Slumdog Millionaire was released. Slum tourism has become a niche segment in the global tourism industry. Slums are an apparent misfortune for every country but this paper traces an apparent misfortune that eventually has good results.