DK Eyewitness rolls out new travel guides - The Bookseller
DK Eyewitness is releasing a new series of collectable travel guides to reflect changing attitudes during what the publisher describes as a "post-Covid" era.
The Like a Local collection will focus on unveiling a city's unexpected treasures, little known galleries, backstreet shops and restaurants, moving beyond landmarks and tourist destinations. They will also focus on small business, shops and companies.
The first six titles in the series have just published and include guides on Tokyo, New York, Dublin, San Francisco, Paris and London. A further six will be released in January 2022.
Publishing director Georgina Dee said: "Although the idea for our Like a Local series was born before the pandemic, the past 18 months have seen a real shift in the way people appreciate, support and celebrate small, local businesses. And we anticipate this new appreciation contributing to future travel priorities, with city-breakers going off the tourist trail to experience a more authentic side to the world's greatest destinations, in turn supporting the people and the businesses that make them great.
"These beautiful, collectable guides are the first major new travel guide series to launch after the pandemic and are a milestone moment, not just in our publishing, but for the whole travel publishing community."
The publisher initially suspended new guidebook publishing last year following the onset of the global pandemic, returning to production in April this year with new editions of guides, such as DK Eyewitness Italy, DK Eyewitness Scotland and Top 10 Lake District, as well as the newly rebranded and redesigned Road Trips guides.
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