The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach

This captivating exploration delves into beach resort culture, from its origins in fashionable society to its current role in the global economy, as it faces climate change. Author Sarah Stodola’s The Last Resort examines the psyche of beachgoers and the darker realities of resort culture, including local economic strangleholds, reckless construction, beach erosion, carbon footprints, and overdevelopment. Stodola intertwines her firsthand travel notes with journalism, taking readers from Monte Carlo to Fiji, Acapulco to Miami Beach, to illustrate the past, present, and future of coastal travel.

In the 21st century, beach travel is central to our globalized world, but rising sea levels pose a threat to its preservation and disappearance. This raises the question: what will be our last resort when water fills the lobbies?

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