Mass Tourism

This week normally sees legions of holiday-makers rushing to the ports and airports for an Easter getaway. But that’s all changed. Countless short breaks have been cancelled, and summer holidays look doubtful too, with the coronavirus pandemic yet to peak. Are people missing out by being stuck at home? Yes…

"Weather forecasts were comedy material. Now they're just the way things are. I can't figure out when the change happened." Introduction I briefly look into the timelines of several technologies, with the hope of becoming marginally less confused about potential A(G)I developments. Having examples thus makes some scenarios crisper: (AGI…

Imagine, it is the year 2050 and we are looking back to the origin and evolution of the coronavirus pandemic over the last three decades. Extrapolating from recent events, we offer the following scenario for such a view from the future. As we move into the second half of our…

A tempting option ahead of a possible complete quarantine: the Germans' Sunday walk in the park, often topped off with eating delicious cake. DW's Louisa Schaefer reflects on these rituals, which are currently evolving. Germans are known for their penchant for hiking, as well as for their supposed love of…

Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “Well, it has to happen. Because if it doesn’t happen, we hit the wall next week. We’re already in breach.” Happy St Patricks day. Extra points for identifying the moment in Irish history in this morning’s quote…  Meanwhile… back in Today Yesterday was another…

“I can’t shoot street photography where I live. My city is just so boring. I need to travel more to explore exotic places to be able to shoot more.” Those are sentiments I had some time ago about my photography. In this video and article, I would like to challenge…

Airbnb has made a mantra of travelling off the beaten path and "living like a local". But in Paris, the apartment-sharing giant's biggest market globally, a number of those locals say the path to their doors – and through their cobbled courtyards, and up the echoey stairwells of their charming walk-ups –…

With tourism numbers rebounding, a new breed of Egyptian startups are banking on sustainability and economic inclusion to help travelers and tour guides alike. Benjamin Bathke visited Cairo to find out more. "Welcome to Garbage City!" My tour guide slowly drives down a narrow, bumpy road framed by five-story buildings.…

Cairns is not just the place where ancient rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef, it is also the gateway to a number of unique Aboriginal cultural experiences. A great introduction to local Aboriginal clans and their history is at Tjapukai, the cultural centre 10 minutes' drive from Cairns Airport (and…

This "adults-only" sculpture garden boasts a vagina with teeth, a naked woman forcefully separating from her child, and a man with no penis cutting himself in half. 1 of 26The entrance to Victor's Way is a vagina dentata (Latin for toothed vagina) sculpture with a strategically placed stone snake.walhalla/Flickr 2…