num_pages: 200
description: An eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility The Disaster Tourist engages with the global dialog around climate activism dark tourism and the #MeToo movement.For ten years Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble arises in the form of a predatory colleague.To forestall any disruption of business-as-usual Jungle makes Yona a proposition: a paid vacation to the desert island of Mui. But Yona must pose as a tourist and assess whether Jungle should continue their partnership with the unprofitable destination.Yona travels to the remote island whose major attraction is an underwhelming sinkhole a huge disappointment to the customers who've paid a premium. Soon Yona discovers the resort's plan to fabricate a catastrophe in the interest of regaining their good standing with Jungle--and the manager enlists Yona's help. Yona must choose between the callous company to whom she's dedicated her life or the possibility of a fresh start in a powerful new position. As she begins to understand the cost of the manufactured disaster Yona realizes that the lives of Mui's citizens are in danger--and so is she.In The Disaster Tourist Korean author Yun Ko-eun grapples with the consequences of our fascination with disaster and questions an individual's culpability in the harm done by their industry.
language: English
title: The Disaster Tourist
publisher: Counterpoint