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Authentic outsiders? Welcome to the age of the 'post-tourist'

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imageGuess what: post-tourism isn't all that different from ordinary, run-of-the-mill tourism.David Blackwell.

In the last decade, the tourism industry has been overtaken by a new kind of tourist: one who avoids popular sites and abandons their maps.

Welcome to the age of the “post-tourist”.

The term “post-tourist” is commonly used...

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