Inequality is a political choice of governments. Nordic countries choose less inequality than us. They tax their fossil fuel companies and provide free university degrees. Our governments subsidise fossil fuels and charge a fortune for HECS.

Government choices matter

#auspol

On moral questions in tourism.
“It raises moral questions [like], do tourists have a responsibility to the communities they visit? And should they be made more aware of what are social norms and what is considered anti-social behaviour?”
thenewdaily.com.au/life/2024/05/2…

Adventure tourism 😵‍💫.

🏁 Our first keynote reveal.

🌟 Choi Suh-Hee PhD, Associate Professor, Kyung Hee University, South Korea

⏰ Abstract and Session Proposals Deadline 15 June 2024

#ACTSAP2024

🔗 criticaltourismstudies.com/call-for-paper…

As tourism returns to Fiji, the effects of climate change on Pacific Islanders are cause for reflexive thought.

The Last Resort via Foreign Correspondent ABC News
youtube.com/watch?v=bcouH0…

Aussie tourist in Afghanistan recounts shooting :

“Bullets started coming through the windscreen. We were fish in a barrel.”

“I flung the door open and ran. Then I felt a slap on the arse.”

“It hit my arse cheek and burst and left a heap of shrapnel.”

theguardian.com/australia-news…

Tourism Geographies has just published Volume 26, Issue 3, 2024.
tandfonline.com/toc/rtxg20/cur…

This Issue includes a special section on Queer Tourism Geographies.

On last chance tourism & existential thinking around travel:

🧊 All Iceland’s 400-plus glaciers are in retreat. The country is losing 11 billion tonnes of ice a year. We’re all shocked - yet here we are, stomping along leaving enormous carbon footprints.
theage.com.au/traveller/insp…?