Having global skills, or being an immigrant, or having multiple citizenships – is becoming class distinction.
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14% of Congressional Members are immigrants or children of immigrants
Many members of Congress were born abroad, or are the children of immigrants. In most cases, they have or can qualify for dual citizenship. The % is actually less than the overall population, however.
Continue readingEurope may eventually limit travelers to wealthy tourists
Growing anti-tourist movement would like to limit tourism to wealthier visitors spending more money. Restrictions have already been put in place in many global travel locations.
Continue readingIs “travel writing” exploitive?
Has the surge in “travel writers” turned into exploitation of local peoples and their communities?
Continue readingMore: Spainards tell tourists “Go Home”
And it worked! We’ve canceled our plans to eventually visit Spain.
Continue readingSomething I shared on Facebook regarding “moving abroad”
On Facebook I have begun getting ads from a vendor that wants to sell you a book explaining how you can easily move abroad – and even get a foreign…
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US college grads far more likely to do international travel
I’ve covered this before but did not use this Pew Research chart to illustrate Global travel is significantly higher for college grads than for those who have less than a…
Continue readingIs summer travel to Europe coming to an end?
There are now so many visitors to well known European visitor attractions that visitor limits or higher fees are being put in place to restrict the number of tourists.
Continue readingProtesters in Spain spray water guns at tourists
Spaniards blame tourists for high housing costs and want to end tourism to the city.
Continue readingDo we need to end “free museums”?
Do we need to end “free museum admission” and free admission to other cultural attractions?
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