Longtime heaven tourism critic Phil Johnson, in response to the recent bombshell that the popular 'The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven' book was made up, predicted that the genre will soon cease to exist.

"I think this spells the end of heaven tourism as we know it," he said, in an article at Vocativ.

Johnson was one of the first critics from the evangelical community who expressed concerns that books such as the highly popular 'Heaven is for Real' and 'The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven' provided an inaccurate depiction of heaven. He further argued that the genre exploits Christian theology for the sake of monetary gain, and that scripture tells us that heaven is a final resting place and not something one can return from.

Books in the heaven tourism genre offer detailed accounts from those who claim to have traveled to heaven and back, and their spiritual journeys involving angels and sometimes even God. These books proved to be such huge sellers that it soon generated numerous other accounts of near-death heavenly experiences and eventually gave birth to the heaven tourism genre.

In an article posted at the New York Review of Books, Robert Gottlieb wrote that books such as 'Heaven is Real' featuring Colton Burpo were written in a sincere and vivid manner. "Despite all the commercialization, I believe that they believe; that little Colton said things that he thought to be true and that were shaped into this artful narrative by an astute collaborator." Gottlieb further posited that these books gained popularity because people want to be reassured that life continues after death.

Following the Boy Who Came Back's Alex Malarkey's admission that he did not die and go to heaven, and that his narrative in the book is false, the Christian publisher Tyndale House swiftly announced that 'The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven' will be discontinued and will no longer be sold. Malarkey, in an open letter published by Pulpit and Pen, concluded, "The Bible is the only source of truth. Anything written by man cannot be infallible."