Empty historic centers, beaches and mountains turned into commodities to be consumed, cities that are becoming increasingly similar to one another. But also precarious and seasonal work, luxury tourism, and cultural heritage turned into a source of income. What appears to be a harmless phenomenon is in fact one of the most powerful lenses through which we can interpret the profound transformations taking place in a country.
Through tourism, we can observe new forms of inequality, the conflict between income and labor, global mobility, and climate change.
A book about tourism, then, but above all a book about Italy: about its contradictions, its transformations, and the country that, day after day, we are building almost without realizing it.
Through tourism, we can observe new forms of inequality, the conflict between income and labor, global mobility, and climate change.
A book about tourism, then, but above all a book about Italy: about its contradictions, its transformations, and the country that, day after day, we are building almost without realizing it.
