What would you pay to keep trash off your favorite beach, or pollution away from a national park? Economists can tease these values out of our travel choices and use the numbers to help make policy.
The 1947 and 1956 editions of the ‘Green Book,’ which was published to advise black motorists where they should – and shouldn’t – frequent during their travels.
Image on the left: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. Image on right: Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
From the 1930s to the 1960s, ‘The Negro Motorist’s Green Book’ and ‘Travelguide: Vacation and Recreation Without Humiliation’ offered African-American roadtrippers lists of black-friendly businesses.
An aerial view of Seligman, Arizona, looking west, dated March 12, 1971. Route 66 bisects the town.
James R. Powell Route 66 Collection/Newberry Library
‘The Mother Road’ is one step closer to becoming a National Historic Trail, which would allocate funds for struggling towns along the original Route 66.
As Mark Twain once said, ‘Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.’
Jake Simonds-Malamud
With elevated wildfire risks forecast across much of the western US this summer, here’s how travelers can track local conditions, stay out of harm’s way and avoid accidentally starting fires.
Travel is getting cheaper, but more carbon-intensive.
Renato Podestá Castilho/Flickr
For the first time research has quantified the global carbon footprint of tourists. It’s big – and getting bigger.
Urban Light by Christ Burden at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Rabbit Town displays a similar installation that allegedly copies Burden’s work.
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Technology has changed the way we travel. While social media can be a useful tourism tool, we need more education to ensure ‘selfie tourism’ doesn’t become the norm.
The holiday season doesn’t always have to be stressful.
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How to make your holiday better for the environment through sustainable tourism.
The view of Cartagena, Colombia from Tierra Bomba. Despite being one of the most visited cities in South America, Tierra Bomba remains highly impoverished. Why doesn’t large-scale tourism benefit such a community?
Carter Hunt
At many popular destinations, residents are protesting against crowding, rowdy visitors and low wages. With some research, travelers can use their visits to enrich host areas instead of harming them.
Every December Australia’s air travel peaks, as we travel to family and friends (or flee on holiday). Many buy carbon offsets for these flights – but what do they actually do to our carbon emissions?
Managing sleep and time zones can take the fun out of Christmas travel.
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Jenni Henderson, The Conversation; Josh Nicholas, The Conversation, and Nadia Isa, The Conversation
Business Briefing: the ‘get rich quick scheme’ influencing what you buy
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Even though online influencers might not be overtly endorsing a product, advertisers will still pay a lot to have something featured, even subtly, in a post.
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Director, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University