FASHION, TRAVEL

WHY TRAVELING IS A PRIVILEGE MORE THAN EVER

Traveling to a new place, getting up early and hoping for a nearly uncrowded tourist attraction seemed to be the most concern for every freelancer or individual in the creative industry. In the context of the current Coronavirus crisis and seeing those touristy places in fact empty, we need to ask: do we really want to see them like this, without any people? 

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Of course, traveling won’t be impossible forever but given the current circumstances it is hardly predictable when it will be an option again. This statement alone shows how privileged we all are when the pandemic, from one day to another, brings to light an appreciation of some supposedly self-evident things that are obviously not quite so self-evident. You will notice a privilege at the latest when you don’t have it anymore. And you as an individual won’t suffer alone from your temporary loss of the ticket to the world or the temporary loss of the risk-free coexistence. The tourist industry will continue to struggle after the current crisis, and it is not likely for some tourism companies to even survive. It’s time to think about it, though. Not just because of self-quarantine having the time to do so, it makes you especially think that there is a moment in the history of our lives when all the popular places are deserted at the same time.

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Venice is a perfect example for a former over touristy place. It was almost impossible to visit the Piazza San Marco, for example, without meeting hundreds of people doing the same thing. Especially during holiday season when traveling seemed to be a breakout of the daily routine for lots of people. Or at least privileged ones: me as a German my passport used to be an almost aristocratic document in a worldwide comparison but now with many countries closing borders and suspending flights due to the spread of the virus, German travelers are particularly affected by restrictions due to Germany being one of the main risk countries. The German passport is still not a bad deal though- the authorities have started to take back travelers.  But it can do nothing against the suspension of what we consider normal. So this part of everyday life – its interruption – won’t be permanent but it gives us an opportunity to think about this taken-for- grantedness and ask ourselves if people could be in fact quite essential for tourist attractions. 

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