What is slum tourism? Dharavi earns more than Taj Mahal; You will be surprised to hear the Income

Adani Group has got the responsibility to transform Asia's largest slum, Dharavi. The opposition party has expressed its displeasure over this and has demanded that the project be deleted from the Adani Group. On the other hand, despite being a slum, Dharavi is a tourist attraction. There are thousands here.

If you and I are planning to travel abroad, most of the people will have places in the country or abroad on their list. Where there will be snow mountain, historical places. But slum tourism is also a topic of tourism for many.

In the 18th century, a community of fishermen settled here in search of cheap accommodation. Mahim's creek was on the side. On which the fishermen were fed. This was the first Mumbai of the British. Gradually the water receded and the fishermen's business was affected.

In Dharavi, laborers engaged in leather production, pottery, and clothing began to settle. The face of Dharavi changed in the 20th century. Schools, religious institutions, hospitals were all developed there. Now Dharavi has become the largest slum in Asia.

If you look at the slums of Dharavi spread over nearly 550 acres, now there is no land left to step on. At least 10 people live in a hut. So we can estimate the population here. Due to the large number of migrant people, how much is the population of Dharavi?

According to some estimates, at least 3 to 1 million people are said to live in Dharavi. Foreign tourists keep coming here to see the life of these slum dwellers. Dharavi won Travellers' Choice Award 2019 from travel website Trip Advisor.

This is slum tourism, 80 percent of people in Dharavi earn from it. Slum tourism in Dharavi is worth around $665 million a year. Tourists spend many hours here. How do poor people live, what are their huts like? How is his daily routine, what about toilet etc

Foreign tourists are making videos. Buy goods from here. Many products like pottery, handicrafts are produced in Dharavi. As a sign of Dharavi, foreign tourists enthusiastically buy these items at high prices. Even spending money to live in poverty for a few hours.

Uganda, Kenya, Cape Town are in the lead. In 2006, a tour operator company started Slum Tourism under the name Slum Tourism to see real-life living conditions. During the British period, officers especially their wives used to come to the slums to see the lives of the poor.

Rich people come, see the plight of the poor. Take pictures and leave. Tour operators make a lot of money from this. But it does not benefit the slum dwellers. Even slum dwellers look at rich people and do unwanted jobs to earn quick money.