In this meticulously reported and often disturbing expos of the travel industry." (The New York Time
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In this “meticulously reported and often disturbing exposé of the travel industry." (The New York Times Book Review), Elizabeth Becker describes the dimensions of this industry and its huge effect on the world economy, the environment, and our culture.
Employing one out of twelve people in the world, the travel and tourism industry exploded at the end of the Cold War. In 2012 the number of tourists traveling the world reached one billion. Now everything can be packaged as a tour: with the high cost of medical care in the U.S., Americans are booking a vacation and an operation in countries like Turkey for a fraction of the cost at home.
Elizabeth Becker travels the world to take the measure of the business: France invented the travel business and is still its leader; Venice is expiring of over-tourism. In Cambodia, tourists crawl over the temples of Angkor, jeopardizing precious cultural sites. Costa Rica rejected raising cattle for American fast-food restaurants to protect their wilderness for the more lucrative field of eco-tourism.
Dubai has transformed a patch of desert in the Arabian Gulf into a mammoth shopping mall. Africa’s safaris are thriving, even as its wildlife is threatened by foreign poachers. Large cruise ships are spoiling the oceans and ruining city ports as their American-based companies reap handsome profits through tax loopholes. China, the giant, is at last inviting tourists and sending its own out in droves. The United States, which invented some of the best of tourism, has lost its edge due to political battles. Becker reveals travel as product. Seeing the tourism industry from the inside out, through her eyes and ears, we experience a dizzying range of travel options though very few quiet getaways. Her investigation is a first examination of one of the largest and potentially most destructive enterprises in the world.
网友对Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism的评论
As an avid traveler, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I thought that it was very well researched and the information I received gave me the sense that I learned the inside scoop from a friend who knew the right people. Not only did I receive a history lesson about the major tourist destinations on the planet, I learned how our travels affect the local environment, its culture, and political systems. This is a must read for anyone in the tourism industry. I am just a world traveler and I found it extremely interesting. WELL DONE!
I have traveled all over the world and was really looking forward to the book, but she missed the mark. Where I was expecting more facts about the impact of travel on the environment, what I got was a travelogue with a couple examples of the negative effects of tourism, with no real solutions.
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