Trapped by Tourism

Larry Krotz is a writer whose career has spanned decades and taken him all over the world. He was the Manitoba correspondent for The Globe & Mail, turning out almost a hundred columns for the Saturday edition of the newspaper. His work has appeared in the National Post, Walrus, Harrowsmith, Weekend Magazine, Western Living, Quest, the United Church Observer, Canadian Geographic, Saturday Night, Equinox, and Border Crossings, among others. With his production studio, Karante Productions, he made the independent films Rising to Dance (1987), South Indian Lake (1987), and Searching for Hawa’s Secret (1998). He is the author of multiple books, including Indian Country: Inside Another Canada (1990), Tourists: How Our Fastest Growing Industry Is Changing the World (1996), Piecing the Puzzle (2012) and Nothing Ordinary (2021).