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• The demise of an empire: how Lonely Planet stopped serving the very people it was created for [Between the Dots]
“Lonely Planet used to tell you how to change money on the black market. Now it tells you the top 10 most Instagrammable cafés. That shift tells you everything about what happened to travel.”

• The advantages and disadvantages of guidebooks [The Perennial Nomad]

• Shooting for Lonely Planet [Seasfor Creative]
“Heading to Asia with a backpack and no real plan in the mid-90’s pretty much meant you had a Lonely Planet guide with you.”

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