A shockingly high percent of Americans have “immigration” privilege that gives them a right of immigration or residency in other countries, due to “right of descent” ancestry laws. Many travel or even move back and forth between countries, oblivious to their unique privilege that many of us lack.
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Bhutan charges visitors $200 per day, each, to visit
Bhutan modifies its $200 per day per visitor tourism fee. The goal is to restrict travel to, mostly, the wealthy elite while saying it’s for sustainability and the environment.
Continue readingOut of touch: “The Case Against Travel”
Prof. Agnes Callard writes a column for The New Yorker asserting that most people do not learn much from their travels, suggesting travel is therefore not good. She, herself is a global elitist, having been born abroad, studied abroad (multiple times), lived abroad (multiple times), and organized conferences abroad, and from her own words and CV, has done much international travel. But that was okay because she came back “transformed”, unlike the unwashed masses that we permit to travel today.
Good grief. This is academic intellectualism in 2023.
Continue readingChairman Xi Jinping says people need to travel more
Travel enhances understanding and develops new ways of viewing problems and identifying solutions.
Continue readingAustralia’s immigrant age discrimination is intense
Several countries practice intense age discrimination towards immigrants. Australia has told a British couple in their 50s that they are now too old to apply for permanent residency and must leave Australia, even though they lived there for 8 years. Australia bans residency applications for those over age 45.
Continue reading“Passport bros” – that’s a new term
Yet another “story” sourced to social media posts, this one posits that American men are traveling abroad in search of a vaguely defined “traditional wife”. Everything posted on social media is of critical importance, meaningful and accurate and is the highest qualify source of information. Hah hah.
Continue readingU.S. gun-related violence might discourage international visitors to the U.S.
At least seven nations in varying parts of the world have issued warnings to their citizens who intend on traveling to the U.S., citing serious safety concerns, including gun-related deaths,…
Continue readingTravel has become too easy?
This trope has been around a long time – I recollect reading an book by an academic (later head of the Smithsonian) writing that travel had become too easy –…
Continue readingGeneration Z’s Travel priorities: “Travel often, save money and seek adventure”
This is exactly what they should be doing[1]: Yet unlike past generations, Gen Zs aren’t waiting until they have high-paying jobs or a nest egg of savings to travel. Rather,…
Continue readingYet another example of why you should travel when young
Travel, study abroad, work abroad – do it when you are young and stop saving for a future that may never come: James’ decision to go on a solo journey…
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