ยป The 100 Mile Holiday
Local is in. Everybody knows about the 100 Mile Diet. There’s also 100 Mile Furniture and the 100 Mile Suit, which is so ugly and inept it can only be a parody:
Currently it’s cool to buy carbon offsets to make up for trips around the world. Unfortunately, the Financial Times determined whole carbon offset idea is greenwashed bullshit. And the idea of a frequent flyer tax is gaining ground in the UK. So I predict the rise of the 100 Mile Holiday.
It turns out there are actually things to do within 160 kilometres.* And since every place and every industry is trying to cultivate tourist money, a lot of it off the wall: adventure tourism, agritourism, edutourism, etc. The concept should have dovetailed into 9/11-paranoia, but trying to save the world will have to do.
A related trend I predict is an increased interest in ship and rail travel. In addition to being more environmentally friendly than a carpooling Yaris, these mesh with the Slow Food ideology. Call it Slow Travel.
* Yes Victoria, it’s better for the environment to visit Seattle than Strathcona. I’ll see you at the mall.
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