Balg Eun Song reflection
Even though most of the people now depend on tourist productions, we sometimes feel shame to be in a group of tourists. Tourist production has both the positive and negative aspects like a double edge sword. Instead of the convenience and comfort, it reduces all the adventure. Tourist production also has chance to be marked by other reasons. For example, someone told me not to eat today’s special menu in restaurants, because some restaurants do today’s special menu to use the old ingredients from being rotten. When a culture begins to be managed as productions, there are other reasons in addition to the main reason of why we appreciate it.
To be marked as a tourist attraction, the place has to be authentic in some way. Today, there are so many reproductions that are easy to access, so without authenticity people have no reason to visit. However, as soon as the place becomes marked by someone, the authenticity becomes mediated. Paradoxically, in the other hand tourist productions sometimes help to maintain the authenticity. As soon as a place becomes marked, the place could be protected from changing in this rapidly changing society. Today, the difference between other countries is getting smaller. Because of the globalization, the world is rapidly resembling each other and becoming same as one whole country. The world develops toward fast and convenient way, and perhaps these productions are somewhat preserving the authenticity...