Hindustan Times
Do travel writers play a role in aiding the desecration of a destination by writing about it and praising it pristine beauty? By telling people just how to get there and where to stay and the highlights to enjoy, do we encourage the hordes to head there and speed along the destruction of all that is quaint and pretty and ‘untouched’? Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged tourists, travel writers, travellers
Being a travel editor, I get all sorts of submissions from people claiming to be travel writers, from the very good to the absolutely scary. Different things go into making a great piece – good writing, an unusual experience, a certain perspective, etc, etc – but one of the absolute essential basics, according to me, is that a person have actually visited the place. Read more
(5 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Neha Dara on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Filed under Travel · Tagged destinations, Travel, travel writers, travelling
