COVERSTORY
MARCOPOLO G8 SERIES
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t’s no secret that the long-distance coach tourism sector – not just in Australia and New Zealand – has taken a shellacking since the Covid-19 outbreak started near 18 months ago. What was once a burgeoning segment of the industry itself, arguably the sexy and glamourous side of the bus-travel experience, took a hit from the global fallout of planes grounded and advance bookings cancelled virtually overnight. 32
Fastforward about 18 months and while few would say the pandemic is over (and there are more than enough out there saying that it was never meant to be), the industry in pockets has shown promising ‘green shoots’ of undergrowth that gives much hope for the future of coach travel, as it picks itself up from the floor, dusts itself off and rises to the challenge once more. A long shot? Maybe. Or maybe not. And it all may come down something as simple as … sleep.
THE POWER OF THE MIND If you’ve ever flown long distances in the past – sometimes for some that’s even within just their region or country – the novelty of fatigue and ‘jetlag’ wears off pretty fast. A necessary evil? For sure … before. Yet, what if that wasn’t the case in future? Aside from being ‘war-story’ boasting for seasoned jetsetters and travellers to those whom meet and greet them at the airport, travel fatigue can have some serious health
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