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    A Critique of Mindless, Robotic, and Destructive Mass Tourism
    A Critique of Mindless, Robotic, and Destructive Mass Tourism
    A Critique of Mindless, Robotic, and Destructive Mass Tourism
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    A Critique of Mindless, Robotic, and Destructive Mass Tourism

    By Richard Crasta

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    Calling it Genghis-Bozo Tourism, the author describes the various destructions wrought by mass tourism, which is a new, modern form of colonialism when practised on ancient cultures or in already overcrowded and otherwise resource-stressed countries. In this the author draws on the experience of his 40 years of tourism or expatriate living in 40 different countries (some of which he regrets, just as Saint Augustine regretted his sins) to propose some solutions.

    Richard Crasta is the author of "The Revised Kama Sutra", and occasionally brings to this short book the comic, passionate voice of some of his better books. This is a book that has long been in progress, and is published for the discerning few who don't mind paying the price for original expression and respect the need for authors to raise money for their continuing projects by selling books.
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Crasta
    Release dateMar 29, 2018
    A Critique of Mindless, Robotic, and Destructive Mass Tourism
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    Richard Crasta

    Richard Crasta is the India-born, long-time New York-resident author of "The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel" and 12 other books, with at least 12 more conceived or in progress. "The Revised Kama Sutra," a novel about a young man growing up and making sense of the world and of sex, was described by Kurt Vonnegut as "very funny," and has been published in ten countries and in seven languages.Richard's books include fiction, nonfiction, essays, autobiography, humor, and satire with a political edge: anti-censorship, non-pc, pro-laughter, pro-food, pro-beer, and against fanaticism of any kind. His books have been described as "going where no Indian writer has gone before," and attempt to present an unedited, uncensored voice (James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, and Philip Roth are among the novelists who have inspired him.).Richard was born and grew up in India, joined the Indian Administrative Service, then moved to America to become a writer, and has traveled widely. Though technically still a New York resident, he spends most of his time in Asia working on his books in progress and part-time as a freelance book editor.

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