Many people believe that international tourism has negative implications on their countries. What is the reason for it? What can be done to change the negative attitude towards international tourism?

Many

people

are unwelcoming towards international

tourism

due to

its negative impacts.

This

essay will first discuss how stereotypes with some “prove” from the media towards those foreign tourists are the primary cause of

such

bias and

then

outline how positive publicity by governments is the most viable solution. One primary cause leading to these bad impressions of international

tourism

is the bad stereotypes that

people

hold about foreign

visitors

.

For example

, there are some common impressions shared on the internet that Americans are often rude and alcoholic, Chinese are noisy and less aware of the environment or even more exaggerated, they consider those black-skin backpackers tend to immigrate to their countries illegally.

Furthermore

, many

also

believe that much damage to the environment is caused by these outside

visitors

since their media prefers to report

this

kind of news: the beach, which has abundant foreign travellers, is always full of garbage. With

such

bias, gradually, they start to think that international travelling which allows these outside

visitors

to come is the root of all evil. The most effective solution to eliminating

this

prejudice is to publicize the benefits brought by foreign travel. Many

people

do not realize that

this

is an important industry which contributes a lot to their national finance

while

only paying attention to those negative aspects.

For instance

, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Italian government had a drastic financial decline

due to

the loss of international tourists, it was the first time that some citizens noticed the importance of

this

industry and many locals spontaneously proclaim that the government should publish more measures to attract

visitors

from outside. If the government regularly shares these contributions and other positive effects of global

tourism

, there is a high possibility that locals’ attitudes would change. In conclusion, the poor stereotypes towards

people

from other countries are the main reason affecting locals to have a bad impression towards international

tourism

.

However

, by positive publicity of the benefits that

this

industry can bring, governments can help ameliorate

this

bias.