The cost of travel
One of the joys of being alive on this planet is the adventure of travel – discovering new places and cultures, and trying different things.
Today, more people than ever are travelling: there were 1.24 billion international arrivals across the world in 2016, compared to 25 million in the 1950s, says the World Economic Forum (Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017).
Since the 1980s, air traffic has doubled every 15 years, a trend which is expected to continue. Nearly four billion people travelled by plane in 2016, a number that is expected to reach 7.2 billion by 2035.
Of course, this has repercussions on the environment and local communities, so it is fitting that 2017 was the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. In June 2017, nearly 1000 experts from more than 80 countries convened for three days in the Philippines
