The New Tourist

"""Travel has changed radically over a generation while its impact on the world has grown. If you want a fresh and nuanced take on what it all means, buy this book. McClanahan is an embodiment of the New Tourist herself-- thoughtfully traveling the world with curiosity and an open heart. I'd follow her anywhere."" --Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche ""GROUNDBREAKING. The New Tourist will enable you to have much better travel experiences. McClanahan understands that what we make of tourism has to do with the ways we interact and behave when we holiday in other peoples' homes. The choices we make about how, when, and where we travel make a real difference in whether we have positive or negative impacts."" --Harold Goodwin, Professor Emeritus at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of the Responsible Tourism Partnership ""In The New Tourist, Paige McClanahan takes us on a many-faceted journey through the vast and complex world of the tourism industry--and like all great tour guides, she makes the trip ACCESSIBLE, MEANINGFUL, AND FUN."" --Rick Steves, author of Travel as a Political Act: A Radical Guide to Meaningful Travel ""A REMARKABLE READ--neither travel guide nor social history but a thoughtful and deeply researched amalgam covering the symbiosis of traveler and destination and their effect on each other's souls."" --Catherine Watson, author of Roads Less Traveled: Dispatches from the Ends of the Earth ""A THOUGHT PROVOKING, FASCINATING, AND VERY READABLE book for anyone who travels, wants to travel more mindfully, works in the tourism industry, or is interested in countries and destinations around the world--so, pretty much everyone."" --Eliza Reid, First Lady of Iceland, former UN Ambassador for Tourism ""An essential reconsideration of the impacts of tourism in our increasingly connected times.... It's about time that someone wrote this book, but only McClanahan would have made it so DAMN ENTERTAINING."" --Thomas Kohnstamm, novelist and author of Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? ""As you'll discover here, there's plenty of good and bad in modern tourism, but the mixture is, in this author's hands, A FASCINATING READ."" --Tony Wheeler, cocreator of the Lonely Planet guidebook series ""AN ENGROSSIONG JOURNEY through the rise of mass tourism in the 20th century and the forces threatening it in the 21st ....Paige McClanahan makes a powerful argument for a new kind of tourist and with it a new way of seeing the world."" --Sarah Stodola, author of The Last Resort ""In this LIVELY AND REWARDING book, Paige McClanahan wrestles with the complexities of twenty-first century tourism, deftly exploring the joys and the real-world consequences of world travel. I highly recommend The New Tourist."" --Elizabeth Becker, author of Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism ""MANY TRAVEL BOOKS TELL YOU WHERE TO GO. THIS ONE TELLS YOU HOW TO GO....The New Tourist will change the way you think about travel. A must read for anyone planning a journey near or far."" --Eric Weiner, New York Times bestselling author of The Geography of Bliss ""With infectious curiosity and clear-eyed prose, McClanahan provides EVERYTHING YOU EXPECT FROM THE BEST OF TRAVEL--fascinating scenery to gawk at, rich history to imbibe, and eccentric characters to meet....The New Tourist fulfills the true transformative promise of travel, giving us not just new ideas, but new ways of seeing ourselves."" --Benjamin Lorr, author of The Secret Life of Groceries"