Comments on: We Are All Tourists Now http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/12/18/we-are-all-tourists-now/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ianmack http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/12/18/we-are-all-tourists-now/comment-page-1/#comment-80 ianmack Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:17:18 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/12/18/we-are-all-tourists-now/#comment-80 Pam, you're absolutely right. The "authenticity" of place is much harder to find, since we all have pre-conceived notions of what our destination should look like, based largely on tourist brochures and guidebooks. It's true, the same notions can happen with our expectations of people. But I find if we're willing to listen to truly listen to others, often our perceptions are altered, and a personal type of authenticity is revealed. Definitely a subject for a future post I think... Pam, you’re absolutely right. The “authenticity” of place is much harder to find, since we all have pre-conceived notions of what our destination should look like, based largely on tourist brochures and guidebooks.

It’s true, the same notions can happen with our expectations of people. But I find if we’re willing to listen to truly listen to others, often our perceptions are altered, and a personal type of authenticity is revealed.

Definitely a subject for a future post I think…

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]]> By: pam http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/12/18/we-are-all-tourists-now/comment-page-1/#comment-70 pam Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:14:47 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/12/18/we-are-all-tourists-now/#comment-70 Authenticity isn't to be found in destinations anymore, I think. It's smaller and in the interactions you have with people while you travel. Forgive my being self-referential, but I was in Vegas of all places, at a Greek restaurant and I asked the waiter, a charming gent who'd taken a liking to me, why one would leave the splendour of Greece for a pit like Vegas. He told me a story about the World War, the Civil War, his family... this sort of thing is authenticity. If you can find it in Vegas, you can find it ANYWHERE. It's intention, not destination. Blah blah blah. What a pretentious blowhard I am. Authenticity isn’t to be found in destinations anymore, I think. It’s smaller and in the interactions you have with people while you travel.

Forgive my being self-referential, but I was in Vegas of all places, at a Greek restaurant and I asked the waiter, a charming gent who’d taken a liking to me, why one would leave the splendour of Greece for a pit like Vegas. He told me a story about the World War, the Civil War, his family… this sort of thing is authenticity. If you can find it in Vegas, you can find it ANYWHERE.

It’s intention, not destination.

Blah blah blah. What a pretentious blowhard I am.

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