ReservationsReservations

"While travel was once a marker of sophistication, tourists now face tough questions: When does economic opportunity become exploitation? How do we justify the use of climate-changing jet fuel? And can we be sure our vacations aren't propping up corrupt and brutal regimes? In Reservations, avid traveller Steve Burgess examines whether the tourist really is guilty of the charges--from voyerism to desecration--levelled against them by everyone from environmentalists to exhausted locals to superior-feeling fellow travellers who have traded in the tour bus for "authentic experiences." In a smart and sharply interrogation of the traveller's soul, Burgess shares stories of his personally significant travels from Tokyo to Tan Toraja and gathers insights from experts on why we travel and how to do it better."--Page 4 of cover.