Hell No! They Won’t Buy Lonely Planet Guidebooks!
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 07.23.04 | 11:00 PM ET
An organization called Burma Campaign UK has called for a boycott of Lonely Planet because it believes that by promoting travel to Burma through its guidebook, the publisher indirectly supports the nation’s dictatorship. Lonely Planet answered the charges in a recent issue of the Guardian. “Lonely Planet supports the aims of Burma Campaign UK,” says Andy Riddle, sales and marketing director for Lonely Planet Publications Europe. “This is a disagreement about tactics, not objectives. We provide objective information to travellers so they can make informed decisions about the complex issue of whether to travel to Burma, including explicit condemnation of the abominable regime. We show people who decide to visit the country how they can travel responsibly.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
