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008			130820s2013 usaa b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781439160992
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050	0	0	_aG155.A1 _bB382 2013
082	0	0	_a338.4791 BEC
100	1		_aBecker, Elizabeth
245	1	0	_aOverbooked _b: the exploding business of travel and tourism _c/ Elizabeth Becker
260			_aNew York _b: Simon & Schuster _c, 2013
300			_a448 pages _b: illus. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aTravel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes 6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To investigate the size and effect of this new industry, Elizabeth Becker traveled the globe. She speaks to the Minister of Tourism of Zambia who thinks licensing foreigners to kill wild animals is a good way to make money and then to a Zambian travel guide who takes her to see the rare endangered sable antelope. She travels to Venice where community groups are fighting to stop the tourism industry from pushing them out of their homes, to France where officials have made tourism their number one industry to save their cultural heritage; and on cruises speaking to waiters who earn 60 a month--then on to Miami to interview their CEO. Becker's sharp depiction reveals travel as a product; nations as stewards. Seeing the tourism industry from the inside out, the world offers a dizzying range of travel options but very few quiet getaways.
650	1	0	_aTourism
650		0	_aTourism _x--Political aspects
650		0	_aTourism _x--Cross cultural studies
650		0	_aTourism _x--Moral and ethical aspects
650		7	_aTravel
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