Is it more effective for a country’s government to promote tourism or to protect cultural
heritage by keeping it away from the public? Write an essay explaining your thoughts with
justifications.
Better To Hide or Show?
Cultural heritage has become more popular among the new generation in this era. Social media users, in particular, have created new slogans about protecting cultural heritage. Also, the government has made some decisions and rules for the public to prevent the damages caused.
There are some effective ways to protect our cultural heritage. By promoting and supporting tourism activities we can make public awareness about cultural heritage. We can use social media to influence people for tourist activities. As well as social media government can organize some tours and trips for schools to the areas where historical artifacts are located. But unfortunately, some kinds of people can damage the historical building during the trips. We all hear about these types of people in the news. They paint the walls, break the sculptures, or take photos while they flash on. All kinds of irresponsible behaviors can have a bad effect on the cultural heritage. So in many countries’ governments take precautions for these people by keeping the cultural heritage away from the public. Moreover, they sometimes forbid taking photos and videos. In this way, historical artifacts can’t get any damage from outside.
I think that hiding the cultural heritage from local citizens or tourists is ridiculous.
Because historical buildings are for us to learn our history and culture. Instead of keeping away from the public, we can give punishment to the people who touch or damage the heritage. To sum up it is better to promote and show cultural heritage without hiding but putting strict rules for everyone. It does not matter the age or the nationality.