For those who asked about the environmental controversy over the
making of the movie "The Beach", and about coverage of "tourism
anthropology" in relation to the movie, here are some links:
http://www.thaistudents.com/thebeach/phiphi_0200/index.html (meta-
page with links to statements and reports on both sides)
http://cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/99/0219/nat4.html (quite a
thoughtful article about both backpacker culture and the potential impact
of the movie -- the best single piece I've seen on the issues)
http://guidebookwriters.com/features/beach.html (statement by Joe
Cummings, which apparently ran in abbreviated form as an op-ed pice in
the International Herald Tribune)
http://www.salon.com/wlust/feature/1999/02/cov_09feature.html (long but
less thoughful series of dispatches on the filming of the movie and the
attitude of locals and backpackers in the surrounding area)
There's also an entertaining piece, not available online, in the current
issue of The New Yorker on Khao San Road backpacker culture.
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Edward Hasbrouck
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