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What does it mean?
Boorstin criticizes mass tourism in Italy, describing organized tour groups as herded creatures following a director.
In plain terms
Tour groups in Italy are like herds led by a director.
What can you take from it?
Organized mass tourism reduces travelers to herded groups.

Where it applies

  • popular travel
  • guidebook tourism

Putting it to work

  • critiquing mass travel

Questions to consider

  • How does tourism affect authenticity?
  • Is guided travel less authentic?

Another view

It romanticizes solitary travel over guided tours.

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