The whole world is now almost cured of the Covid virus. May be, hence, yet another trendy virus of a rather different variety, and beyond any vaccination, the travelitis, hath most all human beings in thrall. Oh, yes, now with most all restrictions removed, mankind is back to its nomadic avatar. If the forefathers of the human race travelled from Africa to everywhere, their contemporary descendants are travelling from everywhere to anywhere, including the space!
Yes, now that it has rained rather a wee bit too amply, it is very much the selfie time, much missed due to the Covid terror. You know how typical tourists are. They see less, they experience zilch, but they keep on clicking away. A selfie is a must, even if that translates to almost getting washed away under a waterfall. Such is the monsoon madness, the time when the wanderlust hits hard.
Given the fact that the globalisation has, since the natty nineties, released restrictions on movement not only of goods, but of culture and people as well, tourism is a fact of life these days. Why, tourism is a source of income and a tap to milch the GDP!
Tourism is the real viral event currently. Well, yes, travel is good in many ways. It breaks the boring routine. It makes you sharp and smart, without getting world weary in the process. In Sanskrit and Marathi, millions of aphorisms and quotes refer to the brilliant halo it gives the traveller.
Remember our childhood favourite stories? Sindabad to Ulysses, Crusoe to the hero of Verne's "Eighty days around the world", such reads have made us truly travel freaks. Now with the AI and the hologram, we can virtually be everywhere while being a couch potato with a packet full of the most exotic and hence the most expensive food item on the side table. The world, in brief , is literally at the tip of our fingers and tongues, unlike the Columbus-es and the Vasco da Gama's of yesteryears.
The most educative, enlightening, and eerie, too, i would believe, travel is the journey within. It introduces you in the most effective way to the best buddy you can ever have, your own self. It crosses all the time spans and spaces. Indeed, the mind is in its place, and makes a heaven of a hell, right? So, on the world tourism day, here is wishing everyone a "bon voyage". May your wanderlust awaken you in that heaven of total freedom and complete understanding!
Pratima@ Travel a lot in whichever region you wish. Thither you have nothing to lose but the chains of your ignorance and prejudice!
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