In 2023, Indian tourists spent over USD$33 billion on travel. Many destinations are recognizing their potential from SE Asia with simpler visa requirements to Switzerland, a popular filming location for Bollywood movies Ross Bennett-Cook The Conversation adventure.com/indian-travele…

My PhD is going really well for anyone interested

Wow. It’s 2024 and I’ve just had to crawl along the floor of this LOT Polish airline to get to the toilet during a flight back from Warsaw as “we don’t have onboard wheelchairs. It’s airline policy”. If you’re disabled and you can’t walk this is just discriminatory.

Fun fact of the day: My grandfather, Henry Bennett, who recently celebrated his 97th birthday, designed the egg carton we all use today! #design #inventions bbc.com/future/article…

Interesting article on social media + overtourism #santorini diggitmagazine.com/academic-paper…

Exciting new tourist attraction outside my local Tesco in Walthamstow 😍 #liztruss standard.co.uk/news/london/wa…

With so much doom and gloom surrounding #overtourism, here is some alternative news: Seeking tourists: Four countries that are actively welcoming travellers bbc.com/travel/article… via BBC Travel

I have always noticed these men when traveling around 🇹🇷 and thought the job looked grueling, especially in Antalya’s roasting summers. Interesting article! #Turkey Turkey’s plan to recycle more has made life hard for its informal waste pickers theconversation.com/turkeys-plan-t…

my final prediction!!

Eastern Europe leans Trump

As I apply for a ticket to attend the World Travel Market, I can’t help but notice that Turkey is absent from the Asia, Europe and the Middle East sections. What category does Turkey belong to? The isn’t an “other” option….

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Shocking videos of open homophobic slurs by St. John's University pharmacy students circulating on social media, we can not allow such vile behaviour to become normalised!

When I visited Colombia, I was surprised by the sheer number of Pablo Escobar souvenirs - now, congress there is trying to ban them. I wrote for ⁦The Conversation⁩ about the trend of “narco tourism” and why many in Colombia hate it #darktourism #narco theconversation.com/colombia-wants…

🌏 On "Narco tourism - fascination with true crime, drugs and cartels is popular - tourists should take a moment to consider how they might feel if someone who had murdered their loved ones became a souvenir fridge magnet to remember their country by." theconversation.com/colombia-wants…

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European travellers cancel US visits as Trump’s policies threaten tourism on.ft.com/3RdZChr via @financialtimes A "bad buzz"

Donald Trump's tariffs and border policies are causing tourists to cancel trips to the United States, and the tourism industry is getting worried. Story via Ross Bennett-Cook and The Conversation U.S. dcreport.org/2025/04/13/tou…