Claudia Abrego·Oct 27When a Festival Becomes Famous: Who Benefits From the Attention?Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri has survived for more than a thousand years. Its history reveals what happens when community traditions become…
InILLUMINATIONbyGamal Ezzat·Oct 24Beyond Tutankhamun: Celebrating One Year of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s New EraAs GEM launches a year-long cultural festival featuring "Eternal Sun" and global performances, here is why this architectural landmark is…
InTourist in My Own CountrybyJo·Oct 13What Can an Emu Tell You About an Aussie Outback Town?From painted walls to quiet streets, one bird led me into four outback towns and four very different ways of belongingA response icon3A response icon3
Claudia Abrego·Sep 29I’ve Traveled the World to See Culture. Now I Want to Understand What We’re Losing.On cultural dance, disappearing traditions, ethical travel, and learning to look beyond the experience itself.
Bold Canvas Network·Sep 27Culture Built This. Tourism Followed.Cultural tourism is 40% of global travel. Whether the money reaches the people who made the culture depends on one thing: infrastructure.
InTourist in My Own CountrybyJo·Sep 27Some Australian Snakes are Not So Charming!Cultural Tourism implies that travellers take the time to get to know about the culture and the terrain of places and spaces they visit.A response icon5A response icon5
Nanmoon·Sep 25Global Scenic Spots All Look the SameEvery scenic spot feels like a copy-paste these days.
DV·Sep 23France Beyond the Familiar Image: Art, Tourist Objects and Visual MemoryHow contemporary art enters the material culture of travel, and how repeated encounters with an image can transform an ordinary object into…
DV·Sep 9When an Artwork Leaves the Wall: China and the Cultural Life of ImagesThe China work from Gheorghe Virtosu’s Art of the World offers a useful example of what happens when an artwork begins to exist beyond the…
DV·Sep 5South Africa Beyond the Familiar Image: Art, Tourist Objects and Visual MemoryTourist objects have always carried images. A postcard carries a view across borders. A magnet transfers a destination into the domestic…
