"The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when we barely scratch their surface. For the vast majority, the knowledge of Thailand or Sri Lanka acquired through tourism consists of little more than the whereabouts of the beach."

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Source : "We are globalised, but have no real intimacy with the rest of the world" by Martin Jacques, www.theguardian.com. April 16, 2006.

Martin Jacques

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