The number of tourists in Tibet is increasing. What is the impact on local culture?

(1) A brief talk on Lhasa in Tibet and its culture:

Lhasa is the capital of Xizang Autonomous Region, China, the political, economic, cultural and religious center of Tibet, and also the holy place of Tibetan Buddhism, and is known as the "Sunlight City". As the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China, Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery, long history, unique customs and strong religious color. It has successively won the honorary titles of China Excellent Tourist City, European Tourists' Favorite Tourist City, National Civilized City, China Characteristic Charming City, and China Most Safe City. Lhasa is the political and economic center of Tibetan Buddhism. There are many prestigious palaces and temples in the city and suburbs, such as Potala Palace, Sera Temple, drepung monastery and Jokhang Temple. Here, lamas and believers dressed in crimson robes can be seen making a pious pilgrimage step by step, and a strong and mysterious religious atmosphere infects every visitor. The 1,3-year history of Lhasa has left countless cultural relics, and its strong religious atmosphere gives people a sense of sleepwalking. Many travelers' greatest wish to go to Tibet is to witness the ancient Tibetan culture and long religious history with their own eyes. Lhasa, Tibet has excellent religious culture, ethnic customs and living habits with ethnic characteristics, and its culture attracts the attention of many tourists. Lhasa is rich in cultural resources, so the development of tourism has obvious influence on culture.

(2) Discussion on the present situation and advantages of tourism development in Lhasa, Tibet: With the development of tourism in China, the tourism in ethnic minority areas has also developed greatly, and the development and progress of tourism in Tibet is also relatively fast, which is embodied in the following aspects: 1. The continuous growth of tourism revenue. 2. The number of tourists is increasing. 3. The continuous development of six elements of eating, living, traveling, entertainment and purchase in Lhasa. Lhasa, Tibet, is a charming ancient city with a thousand years' history. Its religious culture and ethnic customs are extremely rich. The splendid Tibetan culture and beautiful plateau scenery attract many Chinese and foreign tourists, which is the advantage of developing tourism in Lhasa, Tibet. Then with the development of tourism, Lhasa, Tibet is also facing many problems, such as; Lhasa, Tibet is located in the plateau, and its geographical location and environment determine the fragility of Lhasa's ecological environment. The commercialization of tourism has greatly damaged Lhasa's ecological environment. Furthermore, due to the commercialization of the tourism industry, Lhasa has entered a deformed development when developing tourism, destroying local cultural customs and living habits. To sum up, the development of tourism in Lhasa, Tibet is also facing a state of coexistence of opportunities and crises.

(3) The influence of the development of tourism on Lhasa culture in Tibet:

a Positive influence: 1. Physical culture: The development of tourism is conducive to spreading the physical culture of Lhasa, which is a holy place of Tibetan Buddhism and its temples. Lama, prayer wheel and other distinctive cultural carriers are constantly known and accepted by people all over the country and even abroad in the process of tourism development, and the development of tourism promotes the spread of Tibetan culture in Lhasa. 2. Institutional culture: The development of tourism has enabled Lhasa to establish a standardized institutional culture, which can promote the exploration, promotion and revitalization of excellent national culture. The standardized institutional culture has enabled the excellent achievements of Tibetan culture in Lhasa to be better disseminated and developed. 3. Behavior culture: The development of tourism can make the national culture more prominent, which makes Lhasa have the advantages of tourism development. This characteristic behavior culture distinguishes Lhasa from other local cultures and becomes a unique advantage of Lhasa, which can promote the development and innovation of Lhasa culture. 4. Mentality culture: The development of tourism makes it easier for foreign cultures to enter Lhasa. When local residents come into contact with foreign cultures, their own values, aesthetic tastes and other ideological things will change, which can improve the cultural quality of local residents.

b Negative effects: 1. Physical culture: The commercial development of tourism has made the cultural development in Lhasa commercialized. Some cultural material carriers are only made to meet the requirements of tourists, without the previous cultural connotation. The physical culture made only for the pursuit of economic benefits will lose the tourist market sooner or later, and will not be valued by local residents, which is not conducive to the spread and development of cultural connotation. 2. Institutional culture: Due to the development of tourism, more and more tourists go out to play. In Lhasa, a place with rich religious culture and rich heritage culture, bad tourist behavior will cause damage to the local area, which is often difficult to repair due to the fragility of Lhasa. With the development of tourism, this kind of damage will do more and more harm to Lhasa. 3. Behavioral culture: Influenced by the commercialization of tourism, some Tibetan cultural customs and habits of Tibetans in Lasater are easily staged, which makes culture lose its cultural connotation and is not conducive to cultural development. 4. Mentality culture: Under the impact of foreign culture, local residents blindly think? Foreign culture is "good"? And thus accept it indiscriminately? Blindly imitate the lifestyle of tourists? Accept its values, outlook on life and morality? As a result, our national culture is gradually assimilated by foreign cultures. Local residents in Lhasa, especially teenagers, blindly imitate foreign tourists in their lifestyles and gradually have negative changes in their thoughts and behaviors. They began to be dissatisfied with their traditional way of life. First, they passively imitated their costumes and entertainment methods, and then they consciously pursued them, thus increasing crimes and unhealthy social phenomena such as gambling, prostitution, speculation and fraud, corruption and bribery, smuggling and bootlegging, and affecting the stability of social order.

(4) Countermeasures to overcome the negative cultural influence of Lhasa, Tibet:

First, treat the folk cultural heritage correctly: we should strengthen the protection of the folk cultural heritage of Lhasa and protect the national cultural connotation of Lhasa from the commercialization of tourism.

Second, we should highlight the protection of the folk characteristics of Tibetan folk culture: protect the customs and cultural habits of ethnic minorities in Lhasa, try our best to restore the authenticity of culture, so that tourists can have a more authentic experience and overcome the stage of culture.

Third, cultivate professional talents and use scientific knowledge and means to protect and develop national culture: In the process of tourism development, we should pay attention to the protection of culture, not to exploit it indiscriminately for economic benefits, and not to pay attention to the protection of tourism resources. Therefore, in the tourism development of Lhasa, we should cultivate professional talents to develop national culture by scientific means.