

The New Tourist
Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel
Author: Paige McClanahan
Narrator: Paige McClanahan
Unabridged: 6 hr 38 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 06/18/2024
Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Business, Social Science, Sociology, Business & Economics
Synopsis
Through deep and insightful dispatches from tourist spots around the globe—from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia, Amsterdam to Angkor Wat—The New Tourist shines a light 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?
“Engaging and thoughtful” (Kirkus Reviews) and filled with page-turning revelations, The New Tourist spotlights painful truths but also delivers a message of hope: that the right kind of tourism—and the right kind of tourist—can be a powerful force for good.