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Tourists have money, and they often bring their money to places that desperately need it. Even when they visit sites as destitute as the favelas of Rio de Janeiro or the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, the opportunity exists for the local community to profit from the presence of tourists if the visitors' money finds its way into the hands of those who need it most.

But does it?
http://www.travelweekly.com/Article.aspx?i...p;terms=poorism

Is visiting slums on your tour of India or Brazil derogatory or beneficial or do these tours merely pile one more layer of pain atop the aggregate suffering of the world's poor?