Do We Have a Responsibility to Travel Sustainably?

by Jemima Skelley URL Copied! From your mum’s best friend cruising around Alaska to your high school best friend getting engaged at Lake Como , it feels like everyone has taken a bucket-list trip lately. We’ve had itchy feet ever since coming out of lockdown, and it hasn’t yet gone away. Despite the constant cost of living pressures , Aussies are continuing to fuel the post-pandemic travel boom, with 91 per cent of us planning at least one trip for 2024.

The same stats are reflected around the world; international tourist numbers are expected to reach 1.5 billion this year, an increase of 17 per cent from 2023. var VMDAdsTheLatch = window.

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The very best of The Latch delivered straight to your inbox. The threat of overtourism still looms large in headlines, after record numbers of travellers flocked to Europe this summer . Overtourism isn’t just about massive crowds in Amsterdam or overpriced hotels on the Amalfi Coast that put a downer on y.