tourists
Tourists in Botswana Get Water, but G/wi Do Not
A travel company based in South Africa received permission on Friday from the government of Botswana to build a tourist lodge near a G/wi settlement in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). As part of the deal, the company has permission to sink numerous bore holes to provide water for the guests they expect to […]
Ladakhi Reactions to Tourist Photography [journal article review]
Most Ladakhis enjoy being photographed, contrary to the assumptions of many camera-toting tourists who assume that they feel resentment toward the picture taking. In a recent journal article, Alex Gillespie, a British social psychologist who spent 12 months doing field work in Ladakh, focuses on the reactions of the Ladakhis to tourists who take their […]
Appropriate Tourism Develops in a Ju/’ hoansi Village
After visiting a village near the town of Tsumkwe, in eastern Namibia, a newspaper from that country describes in glowing terms the traditional customs of the Ju/’hoansi people. This is the third daily paper in ten years to focus on the Ju/’hoansi of this area. In 1997 the New York Times sent a reporter to […]
Amish Patchwork Quilts Foster Lancaster County Identity [journal article review]
In 1993 the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Visitor’s Bureau gushed that the Amish had helped make the area into “a patchwork quilt of beautifully tended farms that produce more food than any other non-irrigated county in North America.” Even if the tourist hype is ignored, the statement still shows how much the county has become identified […]
Travel Blogger Observes Lepcha Rituals
A travel blog to Sikkim has just concluded with a special focus on the Lepcha. It includes some good photos and a few interesting observations about the people and Himalayan landscape. Dubbing herself as “The Seeker,” the author of the blog is a 55 year old woman known as “Babs” to her friends, several of […]
Lancaster County Celebrates “Witness” Anniversary
Hollywood films about exotic societies sometimes impress fans with their good acting and brilliant cinematography, but their accuracy may be questionable. For instance, twenty-five years ago the comedy “The Gods Must Be Crazy” misrepresented the Ju/’hoansi, one of the San peoples of the Kalahari, as having an idyllic life in the desert. While the gentle […]
