October 2001
Tourism with a Twist
Ecotourism, meet teletourism. You've seen it on TV. Now see it in person.
By Henry Jenkins
What did I do on my summer vacation?
I could tell the story two ways: I went hiking in the rain forests of northern Queensland, Australia, peeling leeches off my legs and listening to an Aboriginal guide explain the culinary and medicinal uses of various local plants; or I went "on location," hiring a bush pilot to fly me and my son over the Tribal Council site from the cult reality television series Survivor and bunking in the mountain lodge where the contestants went to lick their wounds after being voted off the show.
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