Tourism can turn local cultures into commodities when religious ritual traditional ethnic rites and festivals are reduced and sanitized to conferm to tourist destination is sold as a tourist product, the tourism demand for souve expectations Onee a arts. entertainment and other commodities begins to exert influence. basic changes in tuman values may occur, sacred sites and objects may not be respected when they are perceived as goods to trade. Damage to cultural resources may arise from vandalism, littering, pilferage and illegal removal of cultural heritage items. A common problem at archaeological sites is that poorly paid guards supplement their income by selling artifacts to tourists. Furthermore, degradation of cultural sites may occur when historical sites and buildings are unprotected and the traditionally built environment is replaced or virtually disappears. Tourism can cause cultural clashes as well. Tourists often, out of ignorance or carelessness, fail to respect local customs and moral values. When they do, they can bring about irritation and stereotyping. They take a quick snapshot and are gone, and by so acting invade the local people's lives. Tourism creates economic inequality. Many tourists come from societies with different consumption patterns and lifestyles than what is current at the destination, seeking pleasure, spending large amounts of money and sometimes behaving in ways that even they would not accept at home. One effect is that local people that come in contact with these tourists may develop a sort of copying behavior, as they want to live and behave in the same way. Especially in less developed countries, there is likely to be a growing distinction between the haves" and "have nots which may increase social and sometimes ethnic tensions