The New Tourist av Paige McClanahan

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<b>A brilliantly evocative, surprising, and page-turning exploration of how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worseessential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the implications of their wanderlust.</b><BR><BR>Through deep and perceptive dispatches from tourist spots around the globefrom Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to Angkor Wat<i>The New Tourist</i> 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? Is ';last chance tourism' prompting a powerful change in perspective, or driving places we love further into the ground? <BR><BR>Filled with revelations about an industry that shapes how we view the world, <I>The New Tourist </I>spotlights painful truths but also delivers a message of h