Eun, Yun Ko-  1980- <br/><br/>
The disaster tourist :  a novel / 
Yun Ko-Eun ; translated from the Korean by Lizzie Buehler. 
 - 1st Counterpoint edition. 
 - Berkeley, California :  Counterpoint,  2020. 
 - 200 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/> "First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Serpent's Tail, an imprint of Profile Books Ltd."--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/> For ten years, Yona has been stuck behind a desk as a coordinator for Jungle, a travel company specializing in vacation packages to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. Her work life is uneventful until trouble arises in the form of a predatory colleague. To forestall any disruption of business-as-usual, Jungle makes Yona a proposition: a paid "vacation" to the desert island of Mui. But Yona must pose as a tourist and assess whether Jungle should continue their partnership with the unprofitable destination. Yona travels to the remote island, whose major attraction is an underwhelming sinkhole, a huge disappointment to the customers who've paid a premium. Soon Yona discovers the resort's plan to fabricate a catastrophe in the interest of regaining their good standing with Jungle--and the manager enlists Yona's help. Yona must choose between the callous company to whom she's dedicated her life, or the possibility of a fresh start in a powerful new position. As she begins to understand the cost of the manufactured disaster, Yona realizes that the lives of Mui's citizens are in danger--and so is she. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781640094161 (pbk.) 1640094164 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dark tourism--Fiction.<br/>Climatic changes--Fiction.<br/>Travel agents--Fiction.<br/>Tourism--Employees--Fiction.<br/>Tourism--Korea (South)--Fiction.<br/>Islands--Vietnam--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Vietnam--Description and travel--Fiction.