archive

Tourism booms again

I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard): Transplant Tourism: The Ethics and Regulation of International Markets for Organs. From the Annals of Tourism Research, Erik Cohen (HUJ) and Scott A. Cohen (Surrey): Authentication: Hot and Cool. The Antarctic is left defenceless to tourism: Tourism booms again, but continent has no mandatory protection against visitors. Thomas Swick reviews Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism by Elizabeth Becker (and more). Is tourism the most destructive enterprise? Tourism explodes with globalization, enriching lives but destroying nature and culture. Survival International launches a tourism boycott of India’s Andaman Islands. China's leaders have responded to waning interest in ideology by setting up a vast "red tourism" industry. Jenny Chio reviews Itineraries for a Republic: Tourism and Travel Culture in Modern China, 1866-1954 by Yajun Mo.