One of the problems I have noted with modern tourism is that many of the places that were famous for a specific function are now tourist traps . e.g. Broadway became famous because it was where talented performers and writers could go to be seen by record producers or A&R men. It used to be packed with people in the industry, doing their job. Now, because it is famous, it has become a tourist spot, so much so that performers now play for tourists and people from the industry are no longer seen there, so it has now lost its core function and is just another tourist package, almost like Disney. At least Disney does not disguise that it is simply a product of tourism.
This is a sad observation that we have made several times on our visits to places. The tourism industry brings in more revenue than the core function, so why not cash in on the tourists.
However, on a brighter note, Sally thinks that I am being too subjective and that the true function of Nashville does continue and needs, as it always has needed, tourists to fill the audiences.
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