Travel in the decade of the Teens was defined by disasters and technological improvements.
From natural disasters to plane crashes to the unfortunate deaths of famous travelers, the last decade of travel has not always been about progress. But there were still some positive things—travel restrictions for Americans relaxed on Cuba, for example. Airlines are still finding creative ways of getting us to part with our money while making the flying experience incrementally more uncomfortable.
In harrowing news, the National Climate Assessment, published every four years, put a big emphasis on large-scale migration that will be caused by climate change. Particularly on the coasts of the U.S. where it will force millions of Americans to permanently flee. The report concludes that coastal communities have done alarmingly little to prepare for the damage that is coming.
Over in Europe, the epidemic of mass tourism reached a tipping point this year. In cities like Barcelona, some locals resorted to slashing tires of tour busses. Others partook in anti-tourism marches. There was also anti-tourism sentiment in San Sebastian, Mallorca, and Venice. Looking back it's hard to believe that it was in just 2016 when the word"overtourism" was coined. And we have Rafat Ali, founder and CEO of Skift, to thank for it. It said it was the moment the Chinese became the largest group of outbound tourists on the planet and when the UNWTO declared that tourists traveling globally had crossed the one billion mark.
Chinese tourists walk through the gates at the former Auschwitz Birkenau Nazi concentration camp on the anniversary of the liberation of the camp during International Holocaust Remembrance Day.Even though it was apparently coined in 1996, the phrase"dark tourism" became a thing in 2012.
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