Gentrification and tourism:

Gentrification and tourism both are economically driven. Gentrification is economic because it is done for investment and mainly because the place is devalued. New comers are highly motivated because the can afford it, and they can make profit from it. Gentrification made be an economic factor but it also cause different issues such as culture, urban development, and politics. Because the buyer is not from that area that is being gentrified, they do not care what happen to the people that used to live there and the culture that they share, however, when they start to move in, began to bring with them their own idea and vision of what a neighborhood should look it. They impose their culture and their political ideas.

Tourism for me is a continuation of gentrification in a way that when the area becomes gentrified it becomes an attraction in its self. The area is no longer deteriorating, new middle class people are migrating into the areas and poverty with this community is no longer, so the crime rate decreases.

Gentrification is the essential idea of investing and development. For this process to happen there has to be a will in the city for things to improve and the gentrification process will take root. Once it has a hold on the city, things will happen on their own and continue that way like a person getting used to self improvement. It is like a person introduced to a beauty parlor and then after a while it becomes a regular part of routine to attend the parlor and have work done. All in all, it is small things that develop areas and bring police presence as well as have more investors and developers in the community that help the overall gentrification process.

Tourism is one of the lifelines of any city because the revenue from a tourism industry helps the overall capacity for improvement and the betterment of the city. Gentrification and tourism are two