Uluru: Should Tourists Climb the Rock?

Assessment 1

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1. Should tourist be able to climb the rock..................................................................................1
2. What are the effects of closing the rock..................................................................................2
3. Areas of potential cross- cultural miscommunication between first Australian and current
Australian Populations................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The current report is based upon the Uluru rock which was made millions of years ago
and it represent the Anangu culture as well, while most of the people visited this place for
adventurous and fun. After 2019, October the place is banned due to death of around 35
members. Therefore, the current study describe whether tourist are able to climb on the rock, and
then describe the effects of closing the rock climbing as well. Further, report will analyze the
potential area of miscommunication between First Australian and Australian population by using
Hofstede model.
1. Should tourist be able to climb the rock
Uluru is an ancient sacred rock in Anangu culture but due to death of many tourist (heart
attack), government of Australia banned tourist climbing from 2019, October onward. Earlier
the tourist are able to climb the rock for adventurous purpose and that is why, they many tourist
clime as well, but due to sudden death of visitors, the traditional owner of the rock have long
requested that visitor not climb Uluru because it is a sacred men's site, ad even many of them
faces injuries from climbing (Bourman, Ollier and Buckman, 2015).
Uluru is consider one of the top tourist attraction point where hundreds of tourist climb
this track to the top of rock, but on the other side, many of them died due to extreme heat and
risk of high winds (Tekeş and et.al., 2018). Therefore, to keep people safe, chain is installed but
as the place is well known for sacred purpose, that is why most of the visitor respect the same
and did not climb. That is why, the owner of the rock pleaded people not to climb only walk
around the base in order to respect their culture. After so many request, government took the
decision and banned on climbing Uluru rock.
On the other side, another reason of ban is such that there is a erosion which is caused by
the passage of thousand of feet and as a result, it has left permanent scars. Further, there is no
toilet facilities for the climbers and the height of Uluru is too high and when it rains the
evaporates waste is washed off the entire rock and heavy wind also cause fall from the rock
(Gutiérrez and Gutiérrez, 2016). Further, Uluru height is big than an Eiffel tower and that is why,
the temperature is too high which cause sudden heart attack as well as many people faint due to
not getting proper oxygen. That is why, tourist should not able to climb the rock.
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