As soon as anyone mentions Costa Rica automatically you are thought of lush green rain forest, beautiful beaches and rich warm culture. Ideally, this is what any country would want from a business perspective. Money unfortunate is what makes the world goes around and we see that with Costa Rica. The United States of America globalized uses of media such as film, and marketing production has pushed an increase of tourism in Costa Rica. This has led to many locals losing business, land, and their culture. This paper will demonstrate how American media has increased Costa Rica tourism and negatively affected the local people of the country.
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I found another article that demonstrates how tourism affects the people of Costa Rica and especially the afro costa Ricans. In the Moji Anderson article “Arguing Over The "Caribbean": Tourism on Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast” explains how tourism has effected the cultural of the Costa Ricans. Once again Afro-Costa Ricans are mentioned and this time they are used as a gimmick to attract tourist. This article goes into detail about how afro-costa Ricans are presented in a way through postcards, images and a lifestyle to obtain business. The lifestyle that the “Caribbean’s” have become a notion of what is in. This reminded me of the recent movie Get Out by Jordan Peele. The premise of the movie deals with a young African American thrusted into a community to meet his Caucasian girlfriend’s parents to discover their true motives. The motive dealt with the Caucasian community wanting to kidnap the African Americans, steal their bodies to implant their brains because of they are portrayed in the media as young, strong, and what is popular. This is like what Anderson is speaking about in this article. The locals are now being used to attract the tourists with a promised lifestyle based on media portrayal and products. “Tourists, of course, cannot be pigeonholed: they have a multitude of motivations for visiting a place. However, my research shows that tourists' attraction to Cahuita was indeed always based on their conceptions of a typical "Caribbean" that has changed over the years” (Anderson 38). Anderson claims that although tourist do have various reasons for travel it is based on what locals have. The tourist ideals come from solely what they are being sold, in this premise, it’s the cultural aspect of the Afro-Costa Ricans. This made me wonder if Patrice, the individual from the first article was sold on and was manipulated into thinking paradise
As I scoured the web for research purpose on the papers I had done I saved a view websites. One of the …show more content…
I found another article that demonstrates how tourism affects the people of Costa Rica and especially the afro costa Ricans. In the Moji Anderson article “Arguing Over The "Caribbean": Tourism on Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast” explains how tourism has effected the cultural of the Costa Ricans. Once again Afro-Costa Ricans are mentioned and this time they are used as a gimmick to attract tourist. This article goes into detail about how afro-costa Ricans are presented in a way through postcards, images and a lifestyle to obtain business. The lifestyle that the “Caribbean’s” have become a notion of what is in. This reminded me of the recent movie Get Out by Jordan Peele. The premise of the movie deals with a young African American thrusted into a community to meet his Caucasian girlfriend’s parents to discover their true motives. The motive dealt with the Caucasian community wanting to kidnap the African Americans, steal their bodies to implant their brains because of they are portrayed in the media as young, strong, and what is popular. This is like what Anderson is speaking about in this article. The locals are now being used to attract the tourists with a promised lifestyle based on media portrayal and products. “Tourists, of course, cannot be pigeonholed: they have a multitude of motivations for visiting a place. However, my research shows that tourists' attraction to Cahuita was indeed always based on their conceptions of a typical "Caribbean" that has changed over the years” (Anderson 38). Anderson claims that although tourist do have various reasons for travel it is based on what locals have. The tourist ideals come from solely what they are being sold, in this premise, it’s the cultural aspect of the Afro-Costa Ricans. This made me wonder if Patrice, the individual from the first article was sold on and was manipulated into thinking paradise