Poverty Tourism or "Poorism"


	Poverty Tourism or "Poorism"

ericbono

3-5-2007 12:02 PM

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tourism, poorism, globalization, trends

ericbono says:

From Rio to Mumbai, this is a pretty revolting trend.

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