The largest global business in the world today is tourism.
Employing one out of twelve people in the world and producing $6.5
trillion of the world's economy, it is the main source of income
for many countries. Elizabeth Becker describes the dimensions of
this industry and its huge effect on the world economy, the
environment, and our culture.
Becker travels the world to offer lively portraits of far-off
places: France invented the tour and is still the leader of the
travel business; Venice is dying of over-tourism.
In Cambodia, Becker watches tourists crawl over the decaying
temples of Angkor, jeopardizing precious cultural sites.
Costa Rica has abandoned raising cattle for American restaurants
in order to protect their jungles for the lucrative field of
eco-tourism.
Dubai, in the Arabian Gulf, has transformed a patch of desert
into one of the world's largest shopping malls.
Africa's safaris are thriving, even if its environment and
wildlife are not; ocean cruise ships are spoiling the oceans and
ruining city ports.
China, the giant, is at last inviting tourists and at the same
time sending its own out in droves.
Becker's investigation of global travel industry practices and
their long-term ramifications is an eye-opening examination of this
tremendous phenomenon. It is a staggering and unexamined element of
the global economy.
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