I remember myself saying "I'm such a tourist" in my last travel in USA - realizing the difference between the two. As defined by WTO, Tourist are people traveling or staying outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leaisure, business and other purposes. Likewise, traveler as defined by wikipedia as a person who travels, especially to distant lands.
But terms were used in the book differently. Seems like the author prefers the layman term Traveler to describe himself - So do I, I think being a tourist is expensive and being a traveler is not. Tourist got a fixed itenerary and a traveler have none and getting lost is part of the trip.
I used to be a tourist but not anymore, I am now a traveller, probably a back packer - away from my comfort zone. I want to make my travel more sustainable
I realized that I want travel not for pleasure but to learn, not to splurge but to experience something new and to treasure it as part of my being :)
