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How Travel Advisories Influence the Shaping of Travel and Tourism Trends
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How Travel Advisories Influence the Shaping of Travel and Tourism Trends

August 6, 2025August 7, 2025

Recent travel advisories are re-shaping where tourists go for vacation, making less prominent destinations more desirable because of a…

These Days Women Prioritize Travel Twice as Much as Men
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These Days Women Prioritize Travel Twice as Much as Men

August 8, 2024

The world’s leading travel risk management and crisis response firm Global Rescue recently conducted an interview of 1,100 of…

For a Summer Holiday, There May Literally Never Be a Better Time to Visit Taiwan
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For a Summer Holiday, There May Literally Never Be a Better Time to Visit Taiwan

July 4, 2024

In my book On the Face of It: A Traveler on His World, I explain that I had the good…

Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item
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Backpacking in Asia, Africa? Think Twice Before Bringing This Key Item

March 28, 2024March 29, 2024

This article contains affiliate links. Whether you sprain an ankle high in the Hindu Kush, break an axle in…


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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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