Inspiration In A Time Of Isolation

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INSPIRATION IN A TIME OF ISOLATION

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A SILVER LINING

South Africa is about to enter the 4th week of our 5 week nationwide lockdown. Many across the world are facing the same situation as the world fights against the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

For those of us who are privileged enough to be social distancing peacefully and comfortably, our minds have started to wander beyond the confines of our living rooms. Itchy legs are kicking in as we start daydreaming of the day when we can travel again. Of course, the travel landscape will be completely different when we emerge from this crisis. If anything, this pandemic is forcing ourselves to take a good hard look at how we’ve been living, working, traveling. Nature and wildlife is starting to claim back spaces imposed on by us humans. It’s rather beautiful to watch the planet return to a world without over-tourism, pollution and ecological damage caused by our current ways of life.

We encourage you, if you have opportunity to do so, to take this time to self-reflect. Think about what changes this period of lockdown has encouraged you to make in you regular, daily life. Think about old dreams and plans you had that have been sitting on a top shelf, set aside and forgotten about. Now is the time to revisit them – for the first time in a long time, many of us have something extremely rare and coveted – time. Perhaps, now is the time to return to ideas we’ve been moving away from, that of the once-in-a-lifetime vacation, that of preparing and eating meals as a family, that of community. Some of us have had to spend this time alone and in doing so have been reminded of the value of family or friends.

How does this relate to travel? We encourage you to adopt this same attitude of reflection with travel. No doubt, travel will become possible again and you will want to embark on a new adventure. But we urge you to do it consciously – travel and tourism is crucial to the survival and conservation of many wildlife species as well as the economic survival of many communities. However, it can also have the adverse affect if there is over-tourism. When you’re planning your next vacation, try and forget about the latest travel hotspots and “Top destinations for…” lists. Notice what travel pictures you find yourself liking on Instagram or Facebook, think about what you actually want to achieve by going on vacation, is there a dream vacation you have always wanted to take?

Tourism will need your help but what a wonderful opportunity we now have to really put sustainability and consciousness at the forefront of how we travel. Travel may not be possible now but how worth the wait will be as we emerge with a renewed appreciation for it, for nature, for freedom and exploration.

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