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''Travel is no longer a privilege as it once was, he said, but an inalienable right and a freedom of choice.''

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12 years ago, January 25th 2012 No: 1 Msg: #150968  

The United Nations, which commemorated the birth of the world's seven billionth baby last October, is predicting the arrival of the one billionth tourist later this year - perhaps in Europe, the United States, South America, or Asia.


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12 years ago, January 25th 2012 No: 2 Msg: #150971  
From rural southeastern US, where a trip to Knoxville TN is a big deal: ignorance about how people -- REAL PEOPLE -- live in other parts of the world is (my opinion) THE GREATEST cause of prejudice and hateful decisions. If they would travel to India or Africa, they would know what real poverty is. If they would travel to China, they would know that the US is no longer the biggest nation in the world and would encourage our government to act accordingly. (From a 60+ woman who's traveled to SE Asia, China, India and the mid-east in the last 5 years.) Reply to this

12 years ago, January 29th 2012 No: 3 Msg: #151135  
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It is..but at what cost? Social costs I mean. Competition between airlines giving us cheap airfares and with some countries an economy that permits cheap getaways overseas seems to be coralling tourists into destinations that are suffering as a result losing their own identity. In my case I obviously relate this to Bali - specifically Kuta - with 16 flights a day to and from my home city. Its like this inalienable right to travel means an inalienable right to create microcosms of what the tourist wants from the destination instead of the other way around. And the destinations give them what they want if theyre smart and happy to become a destination...supply and demand. Some will venture beyond the tourist destinations and find awesome things about other countries and the world will become a little smaller each day but theres no way to dispute that people do have that right to travel nowdays and are exercising it. Reply to this

12 years ago, January 29th 2012 No: 4 Msg: #151137  
Absolutely agree, littlewing -- and the American tourist is among the worst at wanting life to be "just like home" wherever he goes. My concern is with the insularity and ignorance of most US citizens. When we tell people we're traveling to Asia, the reaction is not, "Have fun!" or even "Be careful!", but rather, "Why would you want to go there?" "Why would you leave the US? We all know that we live in the best nation -- why would you leave and go see something else?"

I also agree with you about effect of "outsiders" on a beautiful part of the world -- my town (under 900 people) is in the Appalachian Mountains about an hour south of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is impoverished by US standards and currently debating whether or not to try to become a tourist attraction, having lost ALL its industry within the past 20 years. The arguments are bitter. Reply to this

12 years ago, January 30th 2012 No: 5 Msg: #151184  
I totally agree with you... Reply to this

12 years ago, February 18th 2012 No: 6 Msg: #152002  
I disagree with this statement. Initially i did agree but i am one of the lucky ones who has disposable income to spend on travel, as do most of the people on this forum. For us it is a privelege and something we can choose to do. But the world is still in a recession with many people being unemployed, higher mortgages than their house values or live in third world countries where the thought of travelling somewhere and even having a choice about where they travel is most certainly only for those who are priveleged. Reply to this

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