1. Favelas and slum tourism

2. What is a slum?
: heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing and squalor
Over 1 billion people live in slums, and that number is supposed to double in the next 30 years
Above: a slum outside of Cairo
Below: a favela in Rio de Janeiro

3. Third World Slums
Other names for them: informal settlements, shanty town, squatter colony
Bustee (parts of India)
Favela (Brazil)
Kampong (Malaysia, Indonesia)
Barrio (Spain, Latin America)
Bidonville (North Africa)
Most lack
reliable sanitation services
supply of clean water
reliable electricity
law enforcement and other basic services

4. Biggest Slums in the World
Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan (2.4 million)
Ciudad Neza, Mexico City, Mexico (1.2 million)
Dharavi, Mumbai, India (1 million)
Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya (700,000)
Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa (400,000)

5. Slum Tourism – Exploitative or Empowering?
Popular in Rio’s favelas and some of India’s slums
Tourists pay to go on a guided tour
It can be done well, where they actually learn about the issues of the area, and the guide is a local
Or it can be done poorly, where it is basically a human safari trip

6. https://www. youtube. com/watc h
h?v=koun4ap4bJE Slum tourism in Mumbai and Rio, 7:06, **
h?v=c3BRTlHFpBU Inside Rio’s Favelas, Vox, 8:59
h?v=1W_zM7koJy Olympics: What Rio didn’t want the world to see **