Industry and academic reports say most travel writing today is narcissistic, focuses on “self”, not the destination, and is focused on women (“solo female travel” stories have high engagement).
The algorithm rewards and promotes narcissistic personal stories featuring “vulnerability” (my life had bad things, so I am a victim, or scary to travel as a solo female).
Editors and content creators see this and thus, select and create more of these stories for enhanced click through and social media sharing.
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