Intentional Travel: Reducing Harm
When we travel, we often spend ages planning and prepping to “maximize” our trip (see how our capitalist mentality seeps into all aspects of our lives, even something as innocuous as travel?)
From accommodation to activities, we obsess about booking that perfect Airbnb or luxe boutique hotel and packing our days with enriching experiences, whether fun, relaxing, or simply checking the box of been-there-done-that.
But few of us spare a thought for our impact on the people, places, and spaces that we come into contact with when we travel.
As much as we are changed by the places we visit, so are they by us — and it is worthwhile to examine, if even for just a moment, how our actions and perhaps even our mere presence, change the places we find ourselves in.
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