What utter nonsense!
People from other countries that move to a countries are often discriminated against. Sometimes it's more subtle and sometimes blatant even if motivated by good intentions.
We have a, severe, shortage of Doctors/physicians in Canada but it is very difficult for a foreign trained medical professional to practice here. While I do want to be protected from potentially under or poorly trained individuals the process of selection appears to be unrealistic and unreasonable...but that's another topic
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Take my doctor for example. He is of Nigerian decent, speaks English perfectly, is properly educated to be a physician yet it took years to become certified in Canada because of the, over, cautious nature of the Canadian Government.
Some people do and have openly called this discrimination in the press, and I agree to a point. It is a similar circus for many other professionals to become certified in their profession here and in fact many never manage it and have to take other forms of employment that do not make use of their skills and training and generally pay far less.
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Originally Posted by AmericanSentiment
I have a few of the arguments posted and quite a few agree with me. It should not be about money. I am sure there are wealthy Dominicans that live in the Dominican Republic. Everyone there is not working class, but I am sure they pay the same price. I was very unhappy with this experience there. The only way I can see it as maybe racist or discrimination. There are dominicans that come to the U.S and other visitors from different countries that come here, and we would never do that. Some visitors that come to the U.S make 5x's as much as some citizens that live here. I don't see the point of over charging a visitor to a country. No one has made a valid argument of why someone should be over charge because they are not a resident.
Even as someone who has live in the U.S and when I go to tourist attractions here I am charge the same as a visitor.
I am still not happy about that during my first visit. I did not let it ruin my time, but I felt discriminated by Dominican citizens.
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As for the bolded comment in black: a valid argument has already been given but allow me to briefly expand on it.
When people vacation they expect to pay higher prices and have budgeted money for that eventuality. Whether vacationing at Disney in Florida or in the DR this generally holds true.
Offering the locals lower pricing adds to the volume of sales and is often done to encourage this especially in off peak times.
The fact of the matter is that most locals, perhaps especially in the DR, and I mean Dominicans not necessarily expats, would not vacation at an AI without such an available discount. As pointed out earlier and in other threads there is/may be a cultural reality in that Dominicans may need to or choose to vacation as a larger family unit, and that most Dominicans are not as financially well off as visiting foreign vacationers, so these incentives are essential. Similarly for Disney in Florida I should think.
Canada's Wonderland amusement park offers "season passes" at a discounted rate. Anyone can purchase these even those that do not live in the area. Is that also discriminatory?