Feature The New Tourists The visitors’ books of 19th-century hotels, pubs and inns show Victorians on holiday, revealing them to be irreverent pleasure seekers, capable of highfalutin pomposity and touristic wrath. Alan McNee | Published in History Today Volume 71 Issue 8 August 2021 To continue reading this article you need to purchase a subscription, available from only £5. Start my trial subscription now If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems. VictorianTravel Related Articles East Africa’s Tourist War Selling the Seaside Popular articles The St Brice’s Day Massacre ‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review