General Article Why there’s nothing wrong with being a tourist

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By Cathy Adams

A few days ago, I read a worrying travel piece in the Times of India about North Sentinel – the remote Andaman island, flung off the eastern coast of India, inhabited by tribes entirely untouched by the modern world. You might remember the story of missionary John Allen Chau, who travelled to the protected island last year to spread Christianity, only to be killed by tribes people.

Suffice to say it’s not anywhere that should be on anyone’s bucket list, whatever kind of travell...

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