I forwarded photos of Turkish places sent by a Turkish friend who’s home on a visit. Italian friend’s brother who’s been to Turkey in his UNHCR capacity made a comment about the negative impact of tourism, especially mass tourism, on a place.
This brings to mind something my Japanese friend, illustrator for children's books, now quite famous in his field, told me in the late 70s about a Japanese man (couple?) who'd joined a distance adoption scheme to sponsor a child in a third-world country.
He / they sent the child things that were common in Japan but not found / affordable in that country at the time (e.g., toys and stationery). It resulted in the child being ostracised by the other children because he was different. They also envied him and didn't like him because he had things they couldn’t have. It might also have been that he was showing off as well — don't know.
The result of "wealth" in the “wrong” place, at the “wrong” time.
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