Does a Resort Vacation Benefit the Locals?

Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 09.25.09 | 12:07 PM ET

Slate tackles the perennial question in its latest do-gooder column..

Tags: Responsible Tourism, News and Briefs

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Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.

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2 Comments for Does a Resort Vacation Benefit the Locals?

Mike Goldstein 09.25.09 | 1:01 PM ET

Does a resort vacation benefit the vacationers?

Leon mahoney 09.27.09 | 7:36 PM ET

It keeps them off the streets!

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