"The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sightseeing.""
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Daniel J. Boorstin. The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America, 3.2, 1961.
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