No cruises, all-inclusive resorts: responsible travel tips for planning holidays post-coronavirus so your money goes to where it’s needed most
- Travellers should go out of their way to visit the countries that have been most affected by Covid-19 to help them recover, one expert says
- They should also help support local businesses, which usually means avoiding cruises, foreign-owned hotel chains and all-inclusive resorts, another says
Where will you go on your first international trip after the coronavirus pandemic is over? The near-global lockdown is beginning to ease in some places and, though travel is going to be drastically affected in the months and years ahead, tourism is not going to stay in stasis for much longer.
Nor should it, says Sam Bruce, co-founder and director at adventure holidays company Much Better Adventures, who believes that post-pandemic travel is going to be essential for the millions of people affected by the shutdown of tourism.
“It’s so important that we do all get back out on the road when it’s safe, and to recognise that we’re not only satisfying our pent-up desire to adventure again,” he says.
Travellers should go out of their way to visit the countries that have been most affected by Covid-19 to help them recover, he says.
“By doing so we can help to rebuild lives, restore and heal communities, instil hope, and support great places and people who have lost their livelihoods this year.”
