Any report on travel and tourism, including battlefield tours, has been rather gloomy lately. Headlines keep throwing out big numbers in jobs and revenue lost. The impact of coronavirus on the tourism industry is extreme, even in places that have so far gotten away relatively unscathed. Not that an inveterate traveller like me needs anContinue reading “Battlefield tours and travelling in pandemic times”
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Why WW2 still should matter to younger generations
WW2 finished 75 years ago, before most of the Sansei were born and certainly before any of the Yonsei were around. So why should WW2 still matter to younger generations? The centenary of WW1 has seen an upturn in interest over the past 4 years, but we rarely spend a lot of time on otherContinue reading “Why WW2 still should matter to younger generations”
Why people are talking about past anniversary tours
2019 was a big year for World War 2 related anniversary dates and commemorations of events that took place in 1944 and 2020 would have seen even larger gatherings to remember the end of the war in 1945. The impact of the corona virus pandemic worldwide decided otherwise. 75th Anniversary tours Last year, several tourContinue reading “Why people are talking about past anniversary tours”