The Final Call: Investigating Who Really Pays For Our Holidays

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Description

No industry in the world employs more people or is the world’s largest foreign currency earner than tourism. Long billed as the cleanest industry for developing countries to invest in, tourism seems to offer everyone involved a positive experience.This is the official line, anyway. In truth, the reality is much more complex . For The Final Call Hickman travels the world on a range of holidays and finds that behind the sunny facade of pools, smiling locals, sightseeing trips and exquisite cuisine is an ugly reality and it is spreading unchecked to all corners of the globe. But none of us are going to stop holidaying and at the heart of this is a heartfelt attempt to discover the best way to holiday wherever you are.

Additional information

Weight 0.283 kg
Dimensions 2.4 × 12.7 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

416

Publisher

Year Published

2008-3-25

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1905811063

About The Author

Leo Hickman is a journalist and editor at the Guardian, and writes a weekly column on ethical living. He is also the author of A Life Stripped Bare: my year trying to live ethically and How to Buy, and editor of A Good Life: The Guide to Ethical Living. Leo lives in Cornwall with his wife Jane, and their three children.

Review Quote

Excellent. One of the clearest and most sobering analyses I've ever seen of the environmental, social, and economic damage done by tourism…This is a necessary book.

Other text

Well written, entertaining and hugely important.