Since the digital world became a lot has changed. The music went from being stored in registers of CDs, VHS movies to DVD, and now has moved from analog to digital signal. Books also are beginning to succumb to the effects of technological progress, not least in the form of Kindle and its ilk – E-books on portable devices that store downloaded books inside them.
However, I want to address is the validity of travel guides in the digital age. I did not raise this issue in relation to technology as the Kindle, but rather as a point regarding the nature of the Internet. Today you may get a huge amount of information from the Internet, and perhaps one of the sources of information freely available on the web is the subject of travel.
Every country wants to promote itself on the world market to promote tourism and this means more and more websites are popping up officially sponsored providing all kinds of detailed information for a visit to the locality. Japan is an excellent example of exactly this type of website. However, alongside these well there are officials, but also detailed guidelines provided by those who want to make money through advertising on its website. And then there's the Wiki Travel Guide – The travel equivalent of Wikipedia.
Wherever you travel in the world can find information about it on the internet at the press of a button. Within minutes you can have all the basic knowledge you need to visit any place, anywhere, anytime. So where does this leave the guide trip? Is it an old-fashioned kind of book?
In short, I say no. There are several reasons why a travel guide is still an excellent purchase. You may be able to get their information online, but can attest to its credibility as much as say, a Fodor or Dorling Kindersley guide? Do you have the same authority? If comparison to a government-sponsored site then there is the question of, for want of a better phrase, government propaganda – all over exaggeration that will try to sell a place to visit.
Beyond this there is also the matter of having reference material available at all times. Checking up from which you want to go online is one thing, but what if you want to change plans mid-way through the day and have no other source of information to consult? This is only one practical reason for having a travel guide, but there are others. Knowing that the book is written by someone who has been there, and that the recommendations are good, also useful. And usually a travel guide offers a depth of information that is not so easy you can access immediately simply looking Internet.
These are just some of the reasons that the guidebooks are as valuable as they once were, if you're planning a trip abroad, and on this basis, it appears as though this humble cornerstone of world travel and vacation decisions are firmly here to stay.
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