Travel writers and travel journalists are not the same. They differ in identity, purpose and method. The travel writer looks in a mirror; the travel journalist

Contributors from diverse backgrounds explore a range of issues in relation to the media and journalism's role in ascribing meaning to tourism practices. This f

This book charts the trajectory of travel journalism from its print based origins to the emergence of hybridised multi-platform content. It considers how this h

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Surveying various works of travel literature, this text argues that travel writing redefines the myriad genres it often comprises.