[...] written before about overhearing a conversation in a Vernazza bar between a Rick Steves tour guide and the bar owner, about how Rick sometimes expresses regret that his rhapsodizing about the Cinque Terre has helped [...]

]]> http://www.italylogue.com/planning-a-trip/obligations-of-a-travel-writer.html/comment-page-1#comment-8686 Katie Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:23:22 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/planning-a-trip/obligations-of-a-travel-writer.html#comment-8686 This is an interesting topic and a real dilemma. I don't know! I think it's also hard to know what results a positive write up will have...I haven't been to Cinque Terre, but I think it's become well-known, so it's not as if Rick Steves' writing about it alone brought that. Maybe it's more of an issue for the whole travel industry, rather than being placed just on the shoulders of a travel writer or guidebook writer. I guess it's better if someone who has that concern (like Rick Steves) is writing, as opposed to someone who really doesn't care. This way they can balance what they put out there, and use their authority to encourage people to go off on their own as well.

This is an interesting topic and a real dilemma. I don’t know! I think it’s also hard to know what results a positive write up will have…I haven’t been to Cinque Terre, but I think it’s become well-known, so it’s not as if Rick Steves’ writing about it alone brought that.

Maybe it’s more of an issue for the whole travel industry, rather than being placed just on the shoulders of a travel writer or guidebook writer. I guess it’s better if someone who has that concern (like Rick Steves) is writing, as opposed to someone who really doesn’t care. This way they can balance what they put out there, and use their authority to encourage people to go off on their own as well.

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