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/430/ Welcome to the Tourist Age ft. Marco d'Eramo

13.8.2024
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15 Sekunden vorwärts
15 Sekunden vorwärts

On the tourist city, the tourist industry, and its critics.

Renowned Italian journalist Marco d'Eramo joins us to talk about his wide-ranging inquiry into the age of tourism, The World in a Selfie. We also discuss how migration is the obverse of tourism, and take a look at Marco's most recent book, Masters, on the neoliberal revolution from above.

  • Why is hating tourists the main characteristic of being a tourist? Why is the tourist/traveller dichotomy a false one?

  • What is the threshold for a city becoming a place that exists primarily for tourists?

  • How should we understand tourism economically, and why is the tourist city a mono-industry?

  • Is the "authentic" travel experience ever possible?

  • Why do critiques of tourism so often slide into snobbery or outright class contempt?

  • How is the city changing under the impact not just of "over-tourism" but rising rents, exclusions, and remote working?

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