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Modern tourism is diversified and includes several odd types of tourism, like slum tourism, dark tourism, and sex tourism. This paper analyzes the case of slum tourism to Dharavi, India\u2019s commercial capital and largest city as well as the benefits and disadvantages that such kind of tourism has. It also attempts to understand the opinion of the common people and slum dwellers on slum tourism, while observing if the ten principles of the \u201cGlobal Code of Ethics for Tourism\u201d (GCET) have been fulfilled in the country. The results show that overall, the principles of GCET are fulfilled but much is still left to be done. On the other side, most of the slum residents accept slum tourism as a reality that brings more benefits than damage to their living environment and are of the opinion that tourism brings prosperity to them and to the country.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su141710801","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,31]],"date-time":"2022-08-31T02:09:36Z","timestamp":1661911776000},"page":"10801","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Attitudes towards Slum Tourism in Mumbai, India: Analysis of Positive and Negative Impacts"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2545-0617","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ant\u00f3nio","family":"Cardoso","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Business and Communication Sciences (DBCS), University Fernando Pessoa, 4294-004 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1805-3691","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Am\u00e2ndio","family":"da Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Business and Communication Sciences (DBCS), University Fernando Pessoa, 4294-004 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"GOVCOPP, School of Accounting and Administration (ISCA), University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6238-181X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manuel Sousa","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Higher School of Business Sciences (ESCE), Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, 4930-600 Valen\u00e7a, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Neeta","family":"Sinha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Liberal Studies (SLS), Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar 382007, India"}]},{"given":"Jorge","family":"Figueiredo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lusiada University, 4369-006 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Isabel","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lusiada University, 4369-006 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"63","article-title":"Tourism business: An ethical dimension","volume":"7","author":"Khan","year":"2014","journal-title":"Int. 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