Translation of inflación

I understood that this was a real problem in this country and many foreigners came for sex tourism. Many bad stories had happened but my hosts were decent people. I could tell that right away.
This perilous reaction, due to trivial, conventional thinking of us might lead to direct violence or at least to its support. Furthermore it can destroys one's good intensions and qualities.
Once at the island we climbed up the limestone mountain and got a superb view of the entire bay area. The cave by itself was also impressive and our guide explained about how this cave was discovered.