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Definition poverty tourism in British English

poverty tourism noun

noun
1

when well-meaning rich people go to poor places to try to help

Example

The campaign, in which the singer offers to pay hotel costs for street children in Liberia, verged on "poverty tourism".

Definition poverty tourism in British English