The tourism industry is a big contributor to the economies of many countries. But that comes at a price.
When you welcome a large number of tourists, you risk spoiling your own natural surroundings and sacrificing some of your cultural heritage.
Continue reading Why tourists are not always welcomeIn places across the world, there’s a growing movement to ban or limit tourism.
It took on an extreme manifestation in Barcelona, when local residents spray-painted an anti-tourism slogan on a hop-on-hop-off bus outside FC Barcelona’s Nou Camp Stadium, and slashed its tyres.
Continue reading Travel’s golden rule: respect the place and the people
On my first ever solo overseas adventure, I happened to be allocated a seat on a Boeing 747 next to the friend of a friend.
We went our own ways in London, but ran into each other in the streets of Bloomsbury just two days later.
In Bangkok one day in June, 2016, I was waiting at the BTS (sky train) station, and when the train pulled up and the doors opened, one of my oldest and dearest friends jumped out at me. Continue reading Savour the serendipity
I have written about Barcelona in the past, and I will do so again, as part of my occasional Must-See Cities series.
For now, though, I’m sharing some pictures I took around the harbour and the bustling main street, La Rambla, during my stopover on the Costa Diadema.
