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Tourism’s Power To Save and Destroy The Earth!

The most out-of-the-way places Western travellers want to visit are often in third world countries that are actively despoiling their environment. Tony Wheeler will lead a discussion about tourism’s power to both save and destroy the earth at The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival.

If you’d like to join in the debate, event details are as follows:

Bad Lands: A Tourist on the Axis of Evil
Date: Friday 31 August
Time: 6.30 - 7.30pm
Venue: Beckett Theatre, CUB Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, South Melbourne 3006
For Bookings and tickets contact CUB Malthouse:
T: +61 3 9685 5111
F: +61 3 9685 5112

For further details check out the The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival 2007. More on Tony Wheeler's new book, Bad Lands, A Tourist on the Axis of Evil.

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