Paige McClanahan
The New Tourist
Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel
Scribner, 2024
Was ist drin?
When you travel, are you harming or helping your destination? The truth is, it’s probably a bit of both.
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In Barcelona, residents are fed up with throngs of tourists traipsing through their neighborhoods. Near Yellowstone National Park, local officials warn visitors not to get too close to wildlife after a bison injured a careless selfie-seeker. Travel writer Paige McClanahan ably underscores the costs of overtourism in this thought-provoking work. She has little patience for tourist-trap visitors behaving badly, but to McClahanan’s credit, she isn’t doctrinaire. She acknowledges that even well-meaning travelers can blur the lines between responsible and exploitive travel.
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About the Author
Paige McClanahan is an American journalist based in France. A regular contributor to The New York Times, she has reported from more than a dozen countries.
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