1. What can be done to make people more interested in other cultures?
In order to make people more interested in other cultures, local government can:
• open ethnic restaurants
• create places of worship
• organize ethnic festivals or holiday celebrations
• organize student exchange programs
• organize volunteer abroad programs
• attract people from other cultural backgrounds to work for local companies
• promote international cooperation
• put people in situations where they need to interact with people from different cultural backgrounds
• show movies and TV shows that explore different cultures.
2. Do you think people from different cultures will understand each other better in the future?
YES:
In the future people from different cultures will understand each other better because more people will:
• have an interest to learn about different cultures
• have a chance to travel
• read books written by people from other cultures
• watch documentaries about other cultures
• visit different cultural centres in their area
• make friends with people from other cultures
• search for different types of cultural experiences
• speak different languages.
3. Do you agree that you cannot fully understand the local way of life in some country if you visit it as a tourist?
YES:
• don’t confuse tourism with emigration
• it can take a long time to fully understand the local way of life
• in order to understand the local way of life in some country people need to go through an adjustment period, which can be quite long.
NO:
• it depends on the nature of the experience
• if tourists stay with locals while travelling, they can truly experience the local way of life
• being able to talk to those who live in the area in their language can give tourists access to way more information than just listening to the stories of the guide.