Since the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the tourism industry has lost at least a trillion (with a “T”rillion) dollars and cost 100 million jobs worldwide. Despite this very tangible economic impact, the notion that traveling is purely indulgent leisure time that’s a luxury, not a necessity, remains persistent. While there are negative sides to how we travel and how many of us travel at once, the benefits of the act have effects that aren’t as easy to measure.
Having traveled for over 10 years now to over 90 countries (and the journey continues) this is why we travel and why it’s important.