Eco-Tourists on the Whale Trail
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 02.07.02 | 2:02 AM ET
Michael Lacy explores the relationship between gray whales, tourists, conservationists and business operators in the latest issue of New Times Los Angeles. In Baja Mexico and Canada, that relationship is driven by the rising popularity of eco-tourism, he writes, “a form of identity travel that asks the backpacker to understand just how destructive the human presence is before even the first bag of freeze-dried chicken tetrazzini is reconstituted. Such angst-driven relaxation is the hottest ticket in town.”