Grand Hotel Europa | 
pickA man rents a room in a hotel to write the story of his lost love, Clio. As he writes about how they met and the relationship evolved, he also writes about the missing Caravaggio painting (I‘m not sure about the truthfulness in that) and travelers.
Most of this book feels like a input in a conversation about traveling and travelers, and then mostly tourists, but he also touches on immigrants. What are the impact of tourism? And the will to
AnneCecilie experience something authentic and how authentic is that experience? There are cities in Europe where almost all the citizens have moved out of the city because of tourists and what kind of cities are that, like Venice? What does it say about Europe that tourists come to visit art that was made several hundred years ago? This book left me a lot to think about. 1y
Aimeesue Interesting questions! The whole tourist transformation is one reason I‘ve never really wanted to visit Hawaii, despite wanting to experience it. 😕 1y
AnneCecilie @Aimeesue I thought so too, but I have never given it much thought. But then I mostly travel in Europe and especially Paris. 1y
BarbaraBB It sounds super interesting. I should really read it. Tourism is getting out of control in European cities like Venice and Barcelona (and also Amsterdam) and I don‘t like it one bit 1y
AnneCecilie @BarbaraBB Barcelona and Amsterdam are some of the other cities he mentions. He doesn‘t come with any solutions, but does point out that tourism may not be the “savior” we all think it is. Even though tourism does bring in money, it also costs a lot, and money wise it may not add up. 1y
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