From the treasures of the Holy Land to the shores of the Black Sea, the wilds of Iceland and the coast of Ecuador, more of the world is no-go for tourism than at any time since the Covid.
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Before the pandemic, “green” travel was mainly directed towards so-called “ecotourism” initiatives and requests for hotel guests not to chuck their barely used hotel towels on the bathroom floor. But the clear skies of 2020 and 2021 invited blue-planet thinking. Suddenly different questions were raised. What if we all flew less or stopped flying altogether? What if we took our main holidays at home? What if we all agreed that no-frill flights and cruise ships – and the crowds they generate – are