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From Times Online
July 23, 2008

Schott's Almanac of New Tourism

A miscellany of modern trends in tourism and travel - by Ben Schott

Schotts Almanac of new Tourism

An exclusive piece by Ben Schott for The Times travel section.

Find out what the acclaimed author thinks about travel and tourism trends, from pilgrimages to gastrotours, travelcide to climateers.

Split into 14 topics, you can download the article as a PDF by clicking on the link below:

Schott's Almanac of New Tourism

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