Entries Tagged as 'Opinion'

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Travel=Tobacco

The title is neither a misnomer nor an attractive strategy to lure visitors, but a comparison; literally. The founder of Rough Guides, Mark Ellingham has compared the damage done by travelers as equivalent to that of the tobacco industry. He once encouraged people to take up traveling without thinking too much about it.
Ellingham feels that [...]

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Space Travel for the Super Rich

As people get richer, they would want to jump into a bandwagon reserved only for the elite. The super rich want to try their hand in something that would be unreachable for almost everyone. Space traveling is by no means a commercial venture(as of now) and this is exactly what they are looking for.
Telecommunications [...]

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

People Make the Difference; Not the Place

When we go on a trip, there is a higher chance of us falling in love with the locals than the place itself. Most tourists would remember the locals by their hearts and remember the places through pictures and videos. It is extremely important for us as locals in the places we reside to please [...]

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Gadgets Trumps Travel for Singles

A research done by Tourism Australia shows that singles under the age of 35 would rather buy gadgets than to spend it on traveling. Australia has seen a dip of 15% in the past five years with respect to singles under 35 who prefer to travel. The meteoric rise of gadgets has seen its first [...]

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Flying with Pets

Two summers back, I wanted to travel to California from Ohio as I was in my friend’s wedding. I had all the ducks in a row as Ashton Kutcher says in ‘A Lot Like Love’ like time off work and finances except that I had a mid sized chocolate colored Labrador. I had to either [...]