Anderson maintains that travel writing has diminished in quality over the last few decades  Although travel writing has changed in this time, Anderson is too harsh on contemporary travel writers  Today, when the general public is better traveled than in the past, travel writers face a challenge far greater than that of their predecessors: they must not only show their readers a place but also make them see it anew
That the genre has not only survived but also flourished shows the talent of today' s practitioners
It is cited as a condition that has transformed the task of the travel writer.