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Trapped by Tourism by Larry Krotz Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Trapped by Tourism explores how the tourism industry has evolved and the impact it is having on communities and our world at large, from environmental damage to cultural degradation and the impacts of COVID-19. This book calls for an overhaul of tourism as we know it to be more sustainable and mindful. Publisher Description Travel was once a way in which the world changed us. Now, it is a way in which we change the world.Twenty-five years ago, two things made mass tourism possible: cheap air travel and the credit card. The world has come a long way since then and very quickly from the need for either travel agents or traveler s checks. From the now-vast cruise ship industry to a myriad of niche areas such as do-good tourism, self-improvement tourism, sex tourism, and adventure tourism, travel as an industry and an activity reaches into corners and has developed on scales not hitherto imagined.In Trapped by Tourism: Sustainability Questions for a World Fueled by Travelers, Larry Krotz explores the tensions that formed with the rise of mass tourism, focusing on what travelers want vs what travelers do and the sustainability of tourism itself, both as it plays out in economies and as a factor impacting natural and cultural environments. We will never shut down tourism. We are destined to have it and to participate in it. But what truly are its implications for

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Year: 2024
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781538196465
• Condition: Fine

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