Tourism Quotes - Page 5

• I travelled among unknown men,
  In lands beyond the sea;
  Nor England! did I know till then
  What love I bore to thee.

  William Wordsworth

  Love, Nature, Travel

  'I travelled among unknown men' (1807)

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• Over an extended period of time, if a culture does not entail any traditions...if there are no values or if there is no awareness or social consciousness...a heritage tradition can never be developed.

  Narendra Modi

  India, Doe, Culture

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• If our rocks, our homes, our streets are our heritage... our Pol is our heritage, then the lifestyle that has emerged over time...that also is our heritage and that itself...is our soul. And it is this soul that connects us.

  Narendra Modi

  Home, Rocks, Soul

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• One of the upsides of tourism is that people begin to take themselves a little more seriously (and think their) culture is worth something. So rather than disparaging the local culture, they vitalize it.

  Paul Theroux

  Thinking, People, Culture

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• In Las Vegas, people seem to believe, the prosperity spawned by tourism and gaming can make them whole, financially and spiritually. Las Vegas now melds fun, work, and wealth, showing a path toward the brightest vistas of the post-industrial world. It is the first city of the twenty-first century.

  Hal Rothman

  Fun, Believe, Vegas

  Hal Rothman, Mike Davis (2002). “The Grit Beneath the Glitter: Tales from the Real Las Vegas”, p.9, Univ of California Press

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• The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when we barely scratch their surface. For the vast majority, the knowledge of Thailand or Sri Lanka acquired through tourism consists of little more than the whereabouts of the beach.

  Martin Jacques

  Beach, Sri Lanka, Majority

  "We are globalised, but have no real intimacy with the rest of the world" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. April 16, 2006.

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• I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.

  Paul Theroux

  Years, Looks, Hawaii

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• Las Vegas doesn't allow ( tourism ) to dictate the social norms of their community. We don't have to be a boring town that no one is willing to come to. ( But, ) we can't let tourism be the reason for not taking action. Accountability is not there. As a community we can be different. We don't have to be what our visitors are. We can work at policies that will make us a vibrant healthy resort community.

  Eric Thomas

  Communication, Vegas, Community

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• From its founding, [Nevada] has always struggled to belong. It has had a series of masters--the mining industry, the railroads, the federal government, and now gaming and tourism--that have driven the state's economy and compelled its direction.

  Hal Rothman

  Government, Railroads, Economy

  Hal Rothman (2010). “The Making of Modern Nevada”, p.1, University of Nevada Press

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• Photography - the supreme form of travel, of tourism - is the principal modern means for enlarging the world. As a branch of art, photography's enterprise of world enlargement tends to specialize in the subjects felt to be challenging, transgressive. A photograph may be telling us: this too exists. And that. And that. (And it is all 'human.') But what are we to do with this knowledge - if indeed it is knowledge, about, say, the self, about abnormality, about ostracized or clandestine worlds?

  Susan Sontag

  Photography, Art, Mean

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• The elephants were being slaughtered in masses. Some were even killed in the vicinity of big tourist hotels.

  Richard Leakey

  Elephants, Tourists, Bigs

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• Space tourism is a logical outgrowth of the adventure tourist market.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Adventure, Space, Tourists

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• Tourism is the biggest industry in the world.

  Martin Parr

  World, Industry

  "Off the Shelf: Martin Parr’s “Small World”". Interview with Rollo Romig, www.newyorker.com. April 7, 2010.

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• As we begin to have landings on the moon, we can alternate those with vertical launch of similar crew modules on similar launch vehicles for vertical-launch tourism in space, if you want to call it that adventure travel.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Adventure, Moon, Space

  "Expert testimony on the space age". Interview, www.nbcnews.com. 2013.

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• Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income.

  Andy Serkis

  Income, Gorillas, Economy

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• Tourism is important because it can create sustainable local economies. Id much rather have 1,000 tourists going up the Tambopata than 1,000 gold miners.

  Frans Lanting

  Important, Gold, Tourists

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• The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.

  Jim Fowler

  Powerful, Two, Numbers

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• We want to build colonies on the Moon, Mars, the Moons of other planets, and even nearby asteroids. We want to make space tourism and commerce routine.

  Daniel Goldin

  Future, Moon, Space

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• Flight out of the atmosphere is a simple thing to do and should have been available to the public twenty years ago. Ten years from now, we will have space tourism where you will be able to see the black sky and the curvature of the earth. It will be the most exciting roller coaster ride you can buy.

  Burt Rutan

  Future, Simple, Should Have

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• Market studies suggest space tourism-a rubbernecker's trip to earth orbit-is likely to draw 50,000 passengers a year if the ticket can be pushed below $25,000. That's what tens of thousands of people spend each year on competing trips, such as round-the-world cruises on luxury liners and adventure tours to Antarctica or Mount Everest.

  G. Harry Stine

  Future, Adventure, Years

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• In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

  Nursultan Nazarbayev

  Past, Fiction Novels, Space

  " Tourist finds 'paradise' in space", www.cnn.com. May 6, 2001.

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• I represent central Florida, which depends on tourists for its economic survival. We need people to be able to get to the State and enjoy it.

  Corrine Brown

  Florida, People, Survival

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• If we could just stop the tourism, we could stop the congestion.

  Prince Philip

  Edinburgh, Classic, Congestion

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• I was disappointed in Niagara - most people must be disappointed in Niagara. Every American bride is taken there, and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Travel, Disappointment, Taken

  Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.7, University of Chicago Press

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• Never trust anything you read in a travel article. Travel articles appear in publications that sell large, expensive advertisements to tourism-related industries, and these industries do not wish to see articles with headlines like: URUGUAY: DON'T BOTHER.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Travel, Wish

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Greatest Hits”, p.262, Ballantine Books

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