ABSTRACT
The broadcasting of panoramic views of the new nation beyond its borders, through architecture streetscapes of everyday life in a normalized setting-steeped in a historical and archeological geography was critical. Tourism as a concept about how others view the self is not necessarily an act of physical travel or displacement from home that teaches us how to learn about other places. In the nineteenth century, Baedeker and Thomas Cook guidebooks contributed to, and were largely responsible for presenting and securing a sense of what became the official memory of a nation. Put another way, physical mobility has never been the only way to imagine a place. Designated sights, therefore, conveyed through this touristic literature were eventually declared 'worthy of a detour' the Michelin Guide criterion for earning a two-star rating - and the accrued itineraries of these destinations instilled a sense of responsibility in the traveller.
