I punched the air time and again as I read Zoe Williams’ interview with Paige McClanahan (The good tourist: can we learn to travel without absolutely infuriating the locals?, 19 August). At last, a perceptive and forthright travel writer saying that most of us travel with the wrong ideas.
I could not agree more with what she said. Colonialism is a good word for the attitude of some tourists. Yet, of course, travel is good and of huge benefit to poorer economies – as long as who and what we visit is not destroyed in the visiting.
