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very year our travel visionaries around the globe gaze into their crystal ball for revelations about the world’s latest and most sought-after destinations and travel trends. This year, as we approach our 60th anniversary, we have evaluated what travel looks like in the new COVID age and can reveal a collection of motivating factors which will help you, our discerning travellers, navigate your destination choices over the coming months. Whether it’s recognition of a changing climate and an urgency to see a place before it’s too
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late, or time runs out. Or reevaluating how to experience a destination that in the past has been compromised by crowds and cultural insensitivities. It could be a yearning to revisit a favourite destination, but in a new way and with a different perspective, rediscovering your own backyard or indeed a home city. For many, escaping the confines of an urban existence is going to be fundamental when making travel plans. To breathe fresh air in vast open spaces and connect with nature. To admire rare wilderness and the flora and fauna which make it special,
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to witness wildlife spectacles integral to the natural world. Others will seek the unexpected and go where few have gone before, inspired by whispered secrets of faraway lands and new frontiers. There will be a desire to travel sustainably, protecting what is valuable in the places and communities visited and collectively contributing to a better world. And the slow travel movement gathers ever more momentum, as travellers choose to linger longer, meet the locals, hear their stories, be completely immersed in the destination and be welcomed as a friend.
Cultural appreciation will also influence holiday choices as travellers seek to broaden their minds, understand complex traditions and appreciate the artistic and epicurean elements and events which define a place. And finally, the new bucket list will be framed by lost time and an urgency to reconsider what’s important. The commitment to climb that mountain or swim that channel, hike that forest trail or take that epic rail journey. Now is the moment. With that in mind, here is A&K’s inspiration for travel in 2022.
