The No-Nonsense Guide to Tourism

Most people, at least in Western Consumer cultures, get to go on holiday, yet we are largely ignorant of the effect our actions have. This guide aims to change this with a broad introduction to the issues to be aware of. Practical guide, offering ways of finding sustainable, healthy holiday options. The travel industry is famously unaccountable and unregulated but individuals are gradually exerting pressure to change. Travel operators and travel guide publishers are trying to get to grips with the major environmental issues (The Rough Guides now advocate 'Fly less, stay longer') covered in this book. Even the more environmentally and socially aware press regularly contradict themselves - reporting on inequalities in tourism and the environmental impacts while producing glossy travel supplements advertising cheap flights, city breaks and luxurious getaways. This book will help them become more consistent