![]() ![]() Souvenir by Rolf Potts, is available from Bloomsbury £7. They just want something that proves they've been there.” ![]() Summarising the entire concept neatly, one salemsmen who'd been in the business since 1971 told him: "At the end of the day, people don't get too philosophical when they go to a big tourist destination. "Statistically speaking, T-shirts, hats, key chains and bottle openers sell far more, year in year out, than more imaginative or specialised keepsakes," he notes. "Travellers often don't think about souvenir purchases until they walk into a gift shop so qualities like attractiveness, simplicity, novelty, or humour are meant to inspire an impulse buy."Īs for the more quirky and original articles, tourists aren't as keen, on the whole. INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. "Most souvenirs, I learned, are designed to be eye-catching, small in size, easily portable, not too fragile, and not too expensive," he says. Vagabonding by Rolf Potts: 9780812992182 : Books INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER With a new foreword by Tim Ferriss Vagabonding easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Potts spent several days at the Las Vegas Souvenir & Resort Gift Show, the industry's largest convention, in the hope of answering this question. ![]()
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