New York, Nov 19 (AP) Arthur Frommer, whose "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" guidebooks revolutionised leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95. Also Read | G20 Summit 2024 in Brazil: PM Narendra Modi Meets UK Counterpart Keir Starmer in Rio de Janeiro, Says Eager To Work Closely in Technology, Green Energy (See Pics).
Frommer died from complications of pneumonia, his daughter Pauline Frommer said Monday. “My father opened up the world to so many people," she said. "He believed deeply that travel could be an enlightening activity and one that did not require a big budget.
” Also Read | G20 Summit 2024 in Brazil: PM Narendra Modi Meets Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, Holds Bilateral Talks in Rio de Janeiro (See Pics and Video). Frommer began writing about travel while serving in the US Army in Europe in the 1950s. When a guidebook he wrote for American soldiers overseas sold out, he launched what became one of the travel industry's best-known brands, self-publishing "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" in 1957.
"It struck a chord and became an immediate best-seller," he recalled in an interview with The Associated Press in 2007, on the 50th anniversary of the book's debut. The Frommer's brand, led today by his daughter Pauline, remains one of the best-known names in the travel industry, with guidebooks to destinations around the world, an influential social media presence, podcasts and a radio show. Frommer's philosophy – stay in in.
