Have you noticed the heavy advertising for travel and tourism? It seems to be in every medium. just as lockdown is easing. Have you ever thought: Why do we expect to travel the globe and be tourists everywhere? What is this sense of entitlement? What does travel do to climate, to local communities, wildlife etc.? What should we be doing? Fairly recently, I heard the following: “Everybody has the right to travel to wherever they wish”. Pre-coronavirus, that was probably a very widely held opinion. However, at the very simplest level, this is patently now not the case. I am not able to visit my grandchildren in Scotland. If we were to follow our inclination to go where we like, when we like, in fairly short order we would likely be subject to state intervention and sanctions – and in my opinion, under current coronavirus conditions, rightly too, including Mr Cummings. So, how does this sit with our apparently insatiable desire to travel all over the globe. Nowaday
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