15 March 2011

Tourists in denial

Proof positive that it's time to retire the term "traveler, not tourist" and all variations thereof: this ad from Delta's in-flight magazine, Sky. Click on the photo for a close-up of the full text. I've also seen Minneapolis light rail trains wrapped in a version of this ad, including that tag line.


2 comments:

  1. I tried to write an article about retiring the tourist vs. traveler debate because I'm a bit tired of it too. But I just couldn't make it interesting. I think I distilled it to this: people say they're travelers not tourists when they want to feel superior to someone else.

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  2. Matthew, that sounds about right to me. WE, of course, are never tourists. No, no. It's always those other, inferior people.

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