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The Final Call: Investigating Who Really Pays For Our Holidays Kindle Edition

by Leo Hickman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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.

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Clubbing in Ibiza; cruising in the Caribbean; luxuriating in Dubai; skiing in the Alps; backpacking in Thailand . . . We are all keen tourists. But what is the true cost of our trips away? And is it even possible to have a good holiday? Travelling the world, from theme park to golf course, from sunlounger to ecolodge, Hickman tells us what they don t reveal in the glossy brochures. Acknowledging that few of us are going to stop travelling, he offers solutions to the problems he uncovers, giving us the wherewithal to make informed decisions about our holidays, wherever the destination.

About the Author

Leo Hickman is the ethical living columnist for The Guardian andthe author of A Good Life: The Guide to Ethical Living and A Life Stripped Bare.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0031RS7ZO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Transworld Digital (September 4, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 4, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1243 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
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Loredana
3.0 out of 5 stars Book perfect conditions, but long expedition (3 weeks)
Reviewed in Germany on October 24, 2014
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The book I received was in perfect conditions, as described in the advertisement. I am disappointed by the delivery time: i got the book one week later than the maximum time expected. So I waited around 3 weeks since the day I ordered it. I guess this is not fault of the book company (who has given its availability in sending me another copy as I contacted them) but of the delivery postal service. It also may depends on the fact that I live in Switzerland and at the border there may be more controls. Not sure this can be considered a reason for delay.
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NT
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2014
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About half way through this and it's a really good read. An eye-opener and very readable. Have read another book by Leo Hickman, A life stripped bare, and bought this simply because I liked the topics and the fact that the first one was very easy to read. It can be very easy to make facts and figures a bit dull, but he's a journalist as well as a writer, and I think that comes through. Makes you think things through, and consider the impact that ordinary decisions can have. Town planners and those who work in tourism ought to be obliged to read it.
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Raimundo Laura
3.0 out of 5 stars Facile à lire
Reviewed in France on October 21, 2013
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Se lit tout seul. très bonne leçon quant à notre façon de voyager et quant à la promotion touristique. Bravo
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2015
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Very good
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sll204
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting well written book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2014
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Would definitely recommend this book. It makes you think about your own home town, and also the places you visit.
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