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28/06/2017 GMT

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The travel guide that helped tourists make their way around the world on a budget.

In 1973 Tony and Maureen Wheeler launched the series that has helped thousands of young travellers make their way around the world on a budget.

In July 1972 Tony and Maureen Wheeler set off on the holiday of a lifetime travelling from London to Sydney in Australia . The book they wrote when they returned was the first Lonely Planet travel guide.  The series helped thousands of young travellers to make their way around the world on a budget.  Farhana Haider has been talking to co-founder Tony Wheeler.
(Photo: Maureen and Tony Wheeler. Credit: Lonely Planet)

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