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| Title Statement | The new tourist: waking up to the power and perils of travel / Paige McClanahan. |
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| Author | McClanahan, Paige |
| Publication | New York: Scribner,2024. |
| Edition | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Extent of Item | xxi, 259 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9781668011775 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07478505 |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index. |
| Summary | "Through deep and perceptive dispatches from tourist spots around the globe -- from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to Angkor Wat -- The New Tourist lifts the veil on an industry that accounts for one in ten jobs worldwide and generates nearly ten percent of global GDP. How did a once-niche activity become the world's most important means of contact across cultures? When does tourism destroy the soul of a city, and when does it offer a place a new lease on life? Filled with revelations about an industry that shapes how we view the world, The New Tourist spotlights painful truths but also delivers a message of hope: that the right kind of tourism -- and the right kind of tourist -- can be a powerful force for good"-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Tourism |
| Tourism--Environmental aspects | |
| Tourism--History | |
| Tourism--Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Tourism--Psychological aspects | |
| Tourism--Social aspects | |
