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Reservations : the pleasures & perils of travel
Burgess, Steve, 1958-2024
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"While travel was once a marker of sophistication, tourists now face tough questions: When does economic opportunity become exploitation? How do we justify the use of climate-changing jet fuel? And can we be sure our vacations aren't propping up corrupt and brutal regimes? In Reservations, avid traveller Steve Burgess examines whether the tourist really is guilty of the charges--from voyerism to desecration--levelled against them by everyone from environmentalists to exhausted locals to superior-feeling fellow travellers who have traded in the tour bus for "authentic experiences." In a smart and sharply interrogation of the traveller's soul, Burgess shares stories of his personally significant travels from Tokyo to Tan Toraja and gathers insights from experts on why we travel and how to do it better."--Page 4 of cover.
Main title:
Reservations : the pleasures & perils of travel / Steve Burgess.
Author:
Burgess, Steve, 1958-, author
Imprint:
Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, [2024]©2024
Collation:
301 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Guilt tripFlight riskMotivationThe fourth waveRoman ruinsGrand touristsThe seven pools of LeviathanMeltdown in ShibuyaBalcony seat in MagalufRiding out the PalioErr-bnbFive by ten-out-of-tenKyoko's houseYear of the cattleMoral hazardDisneyland of deathWitness to tourismThe ghostly goddess of AshibetsuThe genesis of tourismHighway to hell (via Shiprock)Kyoko and the UFOsNot now, voyagerMiyamaKyoko in KyotoKyoko in the IchirikiIce and plasticStalking the killersSelfies and serendipityFreedomHome portDeparturesThis year's hottest destinationsFinal reservation.
ISBN:
9781771624015 (paperback)
Dewey class:
306.4819
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2674816