This is a good take, and the clowns mocking it are assholes. https://twitter.com/anti_antiblk/status/1348041731602788354
They're talking about all-inclusive tourism, and other models where people from rich countries can easily visit poor countries and take advantage of our low wages and minimal security restrictions. https://twitter.com/anti_antiblk/status/1348328408460177415
The average hotel worker in Jamaica can't afford to go on vacation in the countries that most of our tourists come from. We can't even easily visit neighbouring islands.
Tourists go to Europe to visit landmarks; they submit to authority and are humbled by looking at old buildings, big arches, and important statues.

Tourists come here to relax and get pampered; they are the authority. Do you think they care about our history and landmarks?
Look at the asymmetry in travel restrictions, also a dynamic of capital. Do you know how easy it is for Europeans or Americans to come here versus how difficult it is for us to visit their countries?
We get interrogated in their countries when we arrive. They get welcomed here like they own the place because our islands are products and we have to maintain customer service. Our people twist up their tongues to speak "properly" to make them feel welcome.
Sandals markets their hotels as having "colonial charm" - scroll up from this to look at the images of whites being pampered by Black locals. Scroll down to look at butler services.

Servile Black labour. https://twitter.com/siggonkristov/status/1151130432601149441
While Americans want to get 2000 USD to stay at home and do nothing, we were told to open our borders to tourists or we'll starve.

Now Americans talk about how travel has gotten cheap, so what do you think some want to do with that money? https://twitter.com/siggonkristov/status/1268290088888348672
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