Ignoring the locals living in the destinations we visit as we book Airbnbs, crowd streets, behave badly, and generate waste that will stay in our destination long after we leave.

The world is Family. Really?

This ancient emotion of India of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is very much used nowadays in India to attract favors from other countries and people. However, they smart or opportunist to desert you when you need them. Nevertheless, the verse is not known well to most of them, nor is followed by the most. The meaning of the first line is often sidelined which is more important. 

"This is mine and that is other's, is the thought of narrow-minded people. 
Broadminded people consider (and respect) the whole world (thus others, their country, their religion and their people) as a family."
-- Hitopadesh (Sanskrit Literrature, 1.3.71)

If Modi, Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping and Netanyahu read this verse carefully they wouldn't act extremely selfish and hate, jail or even kill others who do not belong to them. Leaders who feel insecure try to eliminate others who are not in their line. In this verse the word "own" emphasizes to own country, religion and people while "other's" refers to the country, religion and folks of other people. 

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Sure, there have always been tourists behaving badly ever since the first tourist existed. But, in an age where travel has become so easy and ubiquitous for so many for the first time, those problems have amplified a thousandfold. Destinations didn’t have the necessary infrastructure to handle the flood of tourists cheap travel brought.

From flouting rules and refusing to wear a mask to hosting parties, coughing on others, and just generally being selfish, the pandemic has shown us that the world is filled with more assholes than we thought. But, despite all of that, when it comes to the future of travel, I think the pandemic is going to make it better.

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As we yearn to reconnect with friends, family, and the world at large, I think that what we’ve gone through has also given many of us a chance to reflect on all the things we took for granted: the outdoors, community, neighborhood restaurants, and the arts.

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There is a movement among those in travel to use the pandemic as a chance for positive change. You see that not only among destinations but also big brands, resorts, and travel agent organizations too.