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this issue
No. 142 December 1984
LettersUpdate
Taking Issue - Ashok Mitra
 VISIONS OF POVERTY
VISIONS OF WEALTH
Peter Stalker argues that tourists to the Third World will be taking much more from developing countries than they are ever likely to give.
The global picture - facts on tourism
The swastika spins ever faster
Half-naked tourists wandering round sacred temples in Bali. How should the local people
respond? Silvio Santosa describes how they did.
Cheap thrills
Debbie Taylor explains why Thai women have prostituted themselves to foreigners.
Candles and razor blades and Jumping Jack Flash
Troth Wells gives her impressions of a sex show in Thailand.
A traveller’s code
Twelve tips for the tourist.
The outstretched hand
Conservators with beggars - by Dexter Tiranti, Lindsey Hilsum and Shawn Perry.
The place of many heads
Aborigines try to protect Ayers Rock from the day-trippers. Cameron Forbes reports.
Why do you travel?
A chance for self-analysis.
Selling the exotic
Scott Malcomson shows how the Tunisians offer a mild dose of Arab culture.
Raiders across the Rio Grande
The American invasion of Mexico. Gerry Tissier and Pushpinder Khaneka report from the
front.
Book reviewsCountry profile: MoroccoFront cover illustration: Hector Cattolica
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