Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
the importance of being folk.
i’ve been checking out that dawn blog - seems promising.
the thing about tourism is, it’s an industry, a business. and tourists are consumers. so you take a place, you manufacture some attractions [like a 528798107890km tall tower], and you market it [exploiting any local peculiarities, like a legend/myth, or a giant hole in the ground]. i guess it’s not surprising that boring places are the best sellers, just like books, music records, films, etc.
what interests me about travelling is learning about lifestyles/cultures, etc. and i don’t think i can do that on a trip. so, i have some places in mind [one is iceland, many in the middle east] where hopefully, someday, i can afford to spend more than a few days or a couple of weeks.
haha, ostrich eggs certainly sound tempting. you could egg someone’s place with them, and see how that turns out. or, if you live high up, drop a couple on a passing car. there’s no way the coppers will buy the story that a giant egg hit someone’s windshield. =)
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