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Becker, Elizabeth (Journalist)
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Tourism.
Tourism -- Cross-cultural studies.
Tourism -- Political aspects.
Tourism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Overbooked : the exp...
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Overbooked : the exploding business of travel and tourism / Elizabeth Becker.
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Becker, Elizabeth (Journalist)
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2016.
Subjects
Tourism.
Tourism -- Cross-cultural studies.
Tourism -- Political aspects.
Tourism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
ISBN:
9781439161005 (pbk.)
Description:
x, 448 pages ; 24 cm.
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
Contents:
Pt. 1. The business. Tourism becomes an industry -- pt. 2. Cultural tourism : France, Venice and Cambodia. Les vacances -- Postcard from Venice -- Getting it wrong -- pt. 3. Consumer tourism : cruises and Dubai. Cruising : destination nowhere -- Desert fantasies -- pt. 4. Nature tourism : Zambia, Costa Rica and Sri Lanka. Safari -- Becoming green -- Postcard from Sri Lanka : war, revolution, tourism -- pt. 5. The new giant : China. Golden weeks -- The Chinese market -- pt. 6. The old giant : USA. America the exceptional.
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"Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To investigate the size and effect of this new industry, Elizabeth Becker traveled the globe. She speaks to the Minister of Tourism of Zambia who thinks licensing foreigners to kill wild animals is a good way to make money and then to a Zambian travel guide who takes her to see the rare endangered sable antelope. She travels to Venice where community groups are fighting to stop the tourism industry from pushing them out of their homes, to France where officials have made tourism their number one industry to save their cultural heritage; and on cruises speaking to waiters who earn $60 a month--then on to Miami to interview their CEO. Becker's sharp depiction reveals travel as a product; nations as stewards. Seeing the tourism industry from the inside out, the world offers a dizzying range of travel options but very few quiet getaways"--Provided by publisher.
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Hana P/S Library
Adult Nonfiction
338.4791 Be
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Mililani Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
338.4791 Be
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Pearl City Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
338.4791 Be
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06/18/2024
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