Is tourism beneficial to developing countries?

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Question: Is tourism beneficial to developing countries?
Position1 of 2›: Yes, tourism is beneficial to developing countries
Argument‹3 of 4›: Tourism allows for female independence

Women are able to make their own money and develop their craft.

The argument

In many developing countries, tradition takes a prominent role in society. Women generally take care of the children, create dishware, weave, and cook. The men provide for the family. Women are generally dependent on the men. Tourism changes this. Through tourism, women are able to take skills, such as weaving, which would typically only be used for domestic purposes, and turn it into a business to make profit off of the incoming population. Women are able to turn a profit, provide for their families, and even purchase for themselves. Self esteem is improved, and independent working opportunities increase. Tourism simultaneously creates independence for women and stimulates the economy by forming new methods of income.

Premises

[P1]In many tradition-bound developing countries women are confined to domestic roles and dependent on men who provide for the family. [P2] Tourism lets women turn domestic skills like weaving into profitable businesses serving the incoming visitors. [P3] Earning their own income raises women's self-esteem and independent working opportunities while stimulating the local economy. [C] Therefore, because tourism allows for female independence, tourism is beneficial to developing countries.

Counter-arguments

This can also go the other way. The new income could cause female suppression to a further degree, the influx of money simply putting more power in the hands of the men. Equality and independence may become even less of a possibility for the women in these growing countries.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P3] Women do not necessarily gain independence from tourism.