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The Last Tourist

Travel is at a tipping point. From Caribbean beaches to remote villages in Kenya, forgotten voices reveal the real conditions and consequences of one of the largest industries in the world. The role of the modern tourist is on trial.

Director

Tyson Sadler

Year

Genre

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N/A

Production

Born Explorer Films,Skin and Bones Film

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Homepage

https://thelasttouristfilm.com/

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(water trickling,
birds chirping) - The Last Tourist

(water trickling, birds chirping)

(speaking Spanish) - The Last Tourist

(speaking Spanish)

(calm music) - The Last Tourist

(distant rhythmic music) - The Last Tourist

(distant rhythmic music)

It's considered
a wonderful break - The Last Tourist

It's considered a wonderful break

♪ V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N - The Last Tourist

♪ V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

(reporter 2): One last photo,
one last chance - The Last Tourist

(reporter 2): One last photo, one last chance

The beach is being
put out of bounds - The Last Tourist

The beach is being put out of bounds

♪ V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N - The Last Tourist

♪ V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

(overlapping reporting) - The Last Tourist

(overlapping reporting)

(reporter 8): ...see
the same sights, - The Last Tourist

(reporter 8): ...see the same sights,

(laughing) - The Last Tourist

A place that was so beautiful - The Last Tourist

A place that was so beautiful

It led to the destruction - The Last Tourist

It led to the destruction

(reporter 10): Every year,
thousands of Brits - The Last Tourist

(reporter 10): Every year, thousands of Brits

(reporter 11): A tourist has
been caught on camera - The Last Tourist

(reporter 11): A tourist has been caught on camera

- It's almost a disposable - The Last Tourist

- It's almost a disposable

(speaking foreign language) - The Last Tourist

(speaking foreign language)

We tend to be more wasteful,
we tend to eat more. - The Last Tourist

We tend to be more wasteful, we tend to eat more.

(reporter 12): The tourist
industry is a huge cash cow. - The Last Tourist

(reporter 12): The tourist industry is a huge cash cow.

(reporter 13): The exploitation
of the working class - The Last Tourist

(reporter 13): The exploitation of the working class

(reporter 14): We have people
who say these volunteer trips - The Last Tourist

(reporter 14): We have people who say these volunteer trips

(camera clicking) - The Last Tourist

(camera clicking)

(elephant trumpeting) - The Last Tourist

(elephant trumpeting)

In Africa, - The Last Tourist

The uncharted.
And that eventually led me - The Last Tourist

The uncharted. And that eventually led me

When I arrived in Ko Pha Ngan
in 1979, - The Last Tourist

When I arrived in Ko Pha Ngan in 1979,

And I stayed with them
for three months - The Last Tourist

And I stayed with them for three months

And I made a little map
of that location. - The Last Tourist

And I made a little map of that location.

And unfortunately,
I shared that with one person, - The Last Tourist

And unfortunately, I shared that with one person,

Now, I never went back,
but in 1993, - The Last Tourist

Now, I never went back, but in 1993,

I saw a photograph
of the beach - The Last Tourist

I saw a photograph of the beach

To think that from the time
I had arrived there in 1979, - The Last Tourist

To think that from the time I had arrived there in 1979,

(indistinct chattering) - The Last Tourist

(indistinct chattering)

We have got to get
tourism right, - The Last Tourist

We have got to get tourism right,

(birds chirping) - The Last Tourist

(birds chirping)

(indistinct chattering) - The Last Tourist

(indistinct chattering)

(laughing) - The Last Tourist

(speaking Spanish) - The Last Tourist

(speaking Spanish)

We have a carnal desire - The Last Tourist

We have a carnal desire

(Goodall): Travel opens
our eyes, and we learn - The Last Tourist

(Goodall): Travel opens our eyes, and we learn

(man): Travel. It's a sense
of our innate curiosity. - The Last Tourist

(man): Travel. It's a sense of our innate curiosity.

(gentle music) - The Last Tourist

We were born to want - The Last Tourist

We were born to want

And somewhere along the way, - The Last Tourist

And somewhere along the way,

You become someone
who is disconnected - The Last Tourist

You become someone who is disconnected

- Back in the 1950s,
when world tourism, - The Last Tourist

- Back in the 1950s, when world tourism,

Last year, that number
was 1.3 billion. - The Last Tourist

Last year, that number was 1.3 billion.

(energetic music) - The Last Tourist

(energetic music)

Heathrow airport took
the arrival of the world's - The Last Tourist

Heathrow airport took the arrival of the world's

Captain Jess Tranter
and his crew - The Last Tourist

Captain Jess Tranter and his crew

(Gary): With the advent
of mass air travel in the 1960s, - The Last Tourist

(Gary): With the advent of mass air travel in the 1960s,

Today, with technology, - The Last Tourist

Today, with technology,

(engines roaring) - The Last Tourist

(engines roaring)

The increase in visitors
to the point - The Last Tourist

The increase in visitors to the point

So, you're seeing examples of it - The Last Tourist

So, you're seeing examples of it

(Rachel): Places that
used to be protected - The Last Tourist

(Rachel): Places that used to be protected

We're having an infinitely
growing number of tourists - The Last Tourist

We're having an infinitely growing number of tourists

- It's this fascinating history,
because it has - The Last Tourist

- It's this fascinating history, because it has

Literally half of the world
had been cut off - The Last Tourist

Literally half of the world had been cut off

One of the first things
the end of the Cold War did - The Last Tourist

One of the first things the end of the Cold War did

Around the globe,
you saw the growth - The Last Tourist

Around the globe, you saw the growth

All of this within
literally about a decade. - The Last Tourist

All of this within literally about a decade.

(Rachel): We have emerging
markets such as China and India - The Last Tourist

(Rachel): We have emerging markets such as China and India

(Elizabeth): Simultaneously,
we had a great - The Last Tourist

(Elizabeth): Simultaneously, we had a great

Tourism is not an elite
hobby anymore. - The Last Tourist

Tourism is not an elite hobby anymore.

(Arnie): This industry is
covering our entire planet. - The Last Tourist

(Arnie): This industry is covering our entire planet.

Eighty percent
of the world's countries - The Last Tourist

Eighty percent of the world's countries

One out of ten jobs
in the planet - The Last Tourist

One out of ten jobs in the planet

- There's more travellers, - The Last Tourist

- There's more travellers,

(insects chirping) - The Last Tourist

(insects chirping)

(indistinct chattering) - The Last Tourist

(indistinct chattering)

(camera clicking) - The Last Tourist

(camera clicking)

(Rachel): The advent
of social media - The Last Tourist

(Rachel): The advent of social media

We're going after a photograph - The Last Tourist

We're going after a photograph

You work hard and you earn
that vacation with your family - The Last Tourist

You work hard and you earn that vacation with your family

(gentle music) - The Last Tourist

(indistinct chattering) - The Last Tourist

(indistinct chattering)

(gentle music) - The Last Tourist

- Social media's become
the ultimate tasting menu. - The Last Tourist

- Social media's become the ultimate tasting menu.

(Arnie): Some of
the most isolated - The Last Tourist

(Arnie): Some of the most isolated

Or are we really trying
to truly change - The Last Tourist

Or are we really trying to truly change

(deep rumbling) - The Last Tourist

(deep rumbling)

(brakes squealing) - The Last Tourist

(brakes squealing)

(woman): Right now, - The Last Tourist

(woman): Right now,

And it's not only today, - The Last Tourist

And it's not only today,

It's about five years now - The Last Tourist

It's about five years now

My rent is just piling up - The Last Tourist

My rent is just piling up

Tourist, we don't
get from the cruise ships, - The Last Tourist

Tourist, we don't get from the cruise ships,

(jazz music) - The Last Tourist

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Travel is at a tipping point. From Caribbean beaches to remote villages in Kenya, forgotten voices reveal the real conditions and consequences of one of the largest industries in the world. The role of the modern tourist is on trial.

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Director: Tyson Sadler

Writer: Jesse Mann, Tyson Sadler

Production: Born Explorer Films,Skin and Bones Film

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 15 Mar 2022

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

Homepage: https://thelasttouristfilm.com/