An American journalist and regular contributor to The New York Times explores how tourism has shaped the world, for better and for worse, highlighting painful truths but also delivering a message of hope: the right kind of tourism â and the right kind of tourist â can be a powerful force for good.
What The Reviewers Say
Chelsea Leu,
The Atlantic
A levelheaded defense of tourism that proposes a genuinely helpful framework for thinking about our own voyages.
Kirkus
By deftly weaving together her impressions of these places and stories of the people she interviewed, McClanahan creates an engaging and thoughtful assessment of international tourism. She offers few recommendations beyond more community involvement and stronger governmental regulation, however..