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HAPPY WORLD TOURISM DAY

September 27th is World Tourism Day, a day to foster awareness and appreciation of tourism’s social, cultural, political and economic value.

This year’s theme focus is on “Tourism and Green Investment”. It highlights the need for more and better-targeted investments for the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN roadmap for a better world by 2030. Now is the time for new and innovative solutions, not just traditional investments that promote and underpin economic growth and productivity. For more information please visit https://www.un.org/en/observances/tourism-day

See relevant Berghahn Books below. In addition Journals is offering free access to relevant journals and articles until October 5, 2023.

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Mark Tully on India and Hinduism: From the Political to the Personal?

J7.1-3-COVER-SB1.qxdThis post is the transcript of an electronic interview between Journeys contributor, Nivedita Misra, and Berghahn blog editor Lorna Field. Nivedita Misra is the author of Mark Tully on India and Hinduism: From the Political to the Personal which was published in Volume 15, Number 1 of Journeys: The International Journal of Travel & Travel Writing.

  

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Hot Off the Presses- New Journal Releases from Berghahn

New journal releases from Berghahn:
Anthropology of Middle East, Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2012
This issue focuses on the ethnography of contemporary Afghanistan, with articles village life, war, reconstruction, and more.

Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing, Volume 13, Issue 1, Summer 2012
Articles on an English pilgrimage site, Peter Carey’s writings on Tokyo and Sydney, hotel culture in Victorian England and Ireland, and a reconsideration of the tourist/traveler distinction with regard to 18th century Europe.

Social Analysis, Volume 56, Issue 1, Spring 2012
A special issue on “Cosmologies of Fortune: Luck, Vitality, and Uncontrolled Relatedness.” Articles examines “fortune” as it is present in a wide array of cultures spanning the globe, including the Amazon, Siberia, Mongolia, Malaysia, Japan, and others.