Lonely Planet Blue List (Book Review)

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Buckley, Ralf
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2007
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Review of Lonely planet blue list, R. Hopkins, A. Wheeler and D. George (eds). Melbourne: Lonely Planet Publications, 2006. Pp. 328. ISBN 1-74104-754-X.
The first hundred pages or so are devoted to 40 sets of top-10 lists, with themes such as: art, bars, beaches, boats, cities, ecolodges, extreme, festivals, films, food, gadgets, gay, history, hostels, jobs, kids, markets, music, naked, nature, odd, politics, races, remote, retreats, roads, rushes, scams, sports, structures, sustain-able, tough, trains, treks, value and wildlife. The rest is a continent-by-continent summary of selected countries, covering statistics, politics, ...
View more >Review of Lonely planet blue list, R. Hopkins, A. Wheeler and D. George (eds). Melbourne: Lonely Planet Publications, 2006. Pp. 328. ISBN 1-74104-754-X. The first hundred pages or so are devoted to 40 sets of top-10 lists, with themes such as: art, bars, beaches, boats, cities, ecolodges, extreme, festivals, films, food, gadgets, gay, history, hostels, jobs, kids, markets, music, naked, nature, odd, politics, races, remote, retreats, roads, rushes, scams, sports, structures, sustain-able, tough, trains, treks, value and wildlife. The rest is a continent-by-continent summary of selected countries, covering statistics, politics, fads, experiences, conversational topics, equipment and travel tips. Exactly how the countries or top-10 lists were selected is not explained. ‘We didn’t just pull them from a place where the sun doesn’t shine’, says the publisher (p. 7). But no alternative source is suggested.
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View more >Review of Lonely planet blue list, R. Hopkins, A. Wheeler and D. George (eds). Melbourne: Lonely Planet Publications, 2006. Pp. 328. ISBN 1-74104-754-X. The first hundred pages or so are devoted to 40 sets of top-10 lists, with themes such as: art, bars, beaches, boats, cities, ecolodges, extreme, festivals, films, food, gadgets, gay, history, hostels, jobs, kids, markets, music, naked, nature, odd, politics, races, remote, retreats, roads, rushes, scams, sports, structures, sustain-able, tough, trains, treks, value and wildlife. The rest is a continent-by-continent summary of selected countries, covering statistics, politics, fads, experiences, conversational topics, equipment and travel tips. Exactly how the countries or top-10 lists were selected is not explained. ‘We didn’t just pull them from a place where the sun doesn’t shine’, says the publisher (p. 7). But no alternative source is suggested.
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Journal Title
Journal of Ecotourism
Volume
6
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2007 Channel View Publications. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Tourism