Ian Thomson

Tangerine dreams | 28 August 2010

Before tourism came travel; and before travel, exploration.

  • Travels: Collected Writings, 1950-93

    Paul Bowles, introduced by Paul Theroux

    Sort of Books, pp. 508

Before tourism came travel; and before travel, exploration. A sense of wonder had accompanied journeys along the lip of the unknown, as the Victorian pathfinder was often an amateur scientist, required to bring home a trunkful of fossils. Today, of course, travel is merely an extension of the leisure industry.

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