For anyone you could afford it (and the number of people this is true for has grown massively over recent decades), tourism and travel has been a key element in people’s lives. Some places have built their entire existence around visitors from afar, others were struggling to keep up with the masses. Coronavirus has put a full stop to all of this. Now what? The Guardian has an interesting, long piece on the state and the future of tourism. I like the ambiguity of the title that is also reflected in the piece itself: Has tourism (as we know it) come to an end? But also: What’s the real purpose of tourism?

From Weekly Filet #307, in June 2020.