Scotland For The Holidays

Download or read book Scotland for the Holidays written by Alastair J. Durie and published by John Donald. This book was released on 2003 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism is now the most important economic activity in the world, with scarcely any part of the globe unaffected. Tourist money powers resort developement, and, critics would argue, can corrupt and corrode traditional societies. The temptation is strong to provide tourists with what images they want to find, regardless of whether they are current or genuine. The Scots promotion of Scotland as a land of heather, the kilt and whisky confirms this: a dash of truth, a splash of history and a good deal of manufacture and manipulation.