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221: 354: 2596: 490:) is seen by some as an encouragement to visit that country, this led to calls for a boycott of Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet's view is that it highlights the issues surrounding a visit to the country, and that it wants to make sure that readers make an informed decision. In 2009, the NLD formally dropped its previous stance and now welcomes visitors "who are keen to promote the welfare of the common people". 337:, worth an estimated £63 million at the time. The company was publishing 500 titles and ventured into television production. BBC Worldwide struggled following the acquisition, registering a £3.2 million loss in the year to the end of March 2009. By the end of March 2010, profits of £1.9 million had been generated, as digital revenues had risen 37% year-on-year over the preceding 12 months, a 2616: 44: 2606: 546:
in which he described research shortcuts he employed while writing guidebooks for Lonely Planet. In a follow-up interview, he first claimed that in one case he had not even visited the country he wrote about, but subsequent to the ensuing publicity boost for his new book, Kohnstamm clarified that,
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Lonely Planet's digital presence included 140 apps and 8.5 million unique users for lonelyplanet.com, which hosted the Thorn Tree travel forum. In 2011, BBC Worldwide acquired the remaining 25% of the company for £42.1 million (A$ 67.2 million) from the Wheelers.
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was renowned for frequently inserting his opinions into the text of the guides he wrote. His writing was instrumental to the rise of Lonely Planet. The journalist used the term "Geoffness", in tribute to Crowther, to describe a quality that has been lost in travel guides.
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Lonely Planet popularity in the 21st edition means a mention in a Lonely Planet guidebook is likely to inspire large numbers of travellers to that location. In 2010, for instance, Lonely Planet was blamed for the rise of what is sometimes referred to as 'the
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By 1999, Lonely Planet had sold 30 million copies of its travel guides. The company's authors consequently benefited from profit-sharing and expensive events were held at the Melbourne office, at which Lonely Planet authors would arrive in limousines.
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in this particular edition, he was only contracted to update the five-page history section. After a review of Kohnstamm's guidebooks, Lonely Planet's then-publisher Piers Pickard stated that he had "failed to find any inaccuracies" in them.
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in April 2019 that their Facebook video was indeed "misleading", and that they would update the next Philippines book edition, but will not scrap current editions that already wrongfully state that the terraces were made by the
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The Lonely Planet guide book series initially expanded to cover other countries in Asia, with the India guide book in 1981, and expanded to rest of the world later on.
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In 2024, Lonely Planet announced that it withdrew from the market in China and ceased publishing travel guides in simplified Chinese.
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In 2022, Lonely Planet bought Elsewhere, a website that links travellers directly with experts who assist in designing trips.
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Lonely Planet's online community, the Thorn Tree, was created in 1996. It is named for a Naivasha thorn tree (
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77.8 million (£51.5 million), at nearly an £80 million (US$ 118.89 million) loss.
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Lonely Planet also had its own television production company, which has produced series, such as
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wanted to divest itself of the company and in March 2013 confirmed the sale of Lonely Planet to
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called for a tourism boycott. As the publication of Lonely Planet's guidebook to
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were created by the Chinese, leading to criticism. The magazine later posted on
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magazine had grown and non-print revenues increased from 9% in 2007 to 22%.
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This article is about the guidebook publisher. For the theatrical work, see
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In 2009, Lonely Planet began publishing a monthly travel magazine called
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published a fictional account of the guidebook writing business, titled
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for an undisclosed amount. Lonely Planet offices continue to operate in
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Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip
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Across Asia on the Cheap: A Complete Guide to Making the Overland Trip
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In 2009, Australian author and former Lonely Planet guidebook writer
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In 1996, in response to a "Visit Myanmar" campaign by the
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in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books.
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Mary Fitzpatrick; Tim Bewer; Matthew Firestone (2009).
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Magic bus: on the hippie trail from Istanbul to India
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