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Whether it's clubbing in Ibiza, cruising the Caribbean; luxuriating in Dubai, skiing in the Alps, or backpacking in Thailand, everyone loves being a tourist. And tourism is the biggest service industry in the world, employing one in every 11 workers on the planet. Yet while it is built on the sale of fantasies, the unsettling truth is that behind the sunny façade of swimming pools, smiling locals, stunning sights, and exquisite cuisine, there is all too often an ugly, damaging reality, and it is spreading unchecked to all corners of the globe. This is an investigative travelogue, written as Hickman journeys around the world, from theme park to golf course, from sunlounger to ecolodge. At each destination we hear from the key protagonists—the vacationer, waiter, hotelier, souvenir-seller, prostitute, environmentalist, tour guide, chambermaid, and the local politician. All of them want us to ask ourselves some hard questions: Who really pays for our trip away? And is it even possible to have a "good" vacation?
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Clubbing in Ibiza; cruising in the Caribbean; luxuriating in Dubai; skiing in the Alps; backpacking in Thailand . . . We are all keen tourists. But what is the true cost of our trips away? And is it even possible to have a ‘good’ holiday? Travelling the world, from theme park to golf course, from sunlounger to ecolodge, Hickman tells us what they don’t reveal in the glossy brochures. Acknowledging that few of us are going to stop travelling, he offers solutions to the problems he uncovers, giving us the wherewithal to make informed decisions about our holidays, wherever the destination.
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Leo Hickman is the ethical living columnist for The Guardian and the author of A Good Life: The Guide to Ethical Living and A Life Stripped Bare.
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- PublisherTransworld Publishers
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1905811063
- ISBN 13 9781905811069
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