Jonathan Croall
1995

£6.95 + p&p, 180 pp

ISBN 978 0 903319 69 0
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This book gives a devastating account of how tourism has ruined precious landscapes, polluted coast and countryside, and destroyed the distinctive cultures of many communities. But it is also a hopeful book. A growing number of people are realising the urgent need for tourism to be made more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Focusing on Britain and Ireland, but also drawing on experiences from around the world, the author looks at an impressive variety of pioneering initiatives in which local people play a key role in tourism development. For all who care about the future of our landscape, or want to find out how to become more responsible tourists, Preserve or Destroy will prove both stimulating and necessary reading.

‘I lost track thinking of the people and organisations that could benefit directly from this timely and fascinating book.’ Jonathon Porritt

Jonathan Croall is a freelance journalist and theatrical biographer. He has worked in publishing, has been Features Editor of the Times Educational Supplement, and editor and co-founder of Arts Express magazine. He is the author of plays, a children’s novel Sent Away, and several books on education, health and arts subjects, on which he writes for a number of national newspapers. He has also written LETS Act Locally: The growth of Local Exchange Trading Systems for the Gulbenkian Foundation and Gielgud: A theatrical life (Methuen).