Travel Intelligence Bulletin

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• Ayahuasca Tourism: Shamans, Charlatans and Thousand-dollar Retreats

• Are You Living Abroad Like the Locals, or Displacing Them?

• Study Abroad's Biggest Secret

• 10 Books to Accompany an Adventure

• Elsewhere on the Web

• Find Overseas Opportunities

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Ayahuasca Tourism: Shamans, Charlatans and Thousand-dollar Retreats

Whether it's a quest for self-awareness, a cure for mental maladies or just the next big high, travellers are turning a traditional Amazonian healing ceremony into a multi-million dollar industry.

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VERGE NEWS & ARTICLES

Are You Living Abroad Like the Locals, or Displacing Them?

In cities around the world, exploding tourism and expat cash are driving prices up, and locals out.

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Study Abroad's Biggest Secret

Terms papers, exams and stress still exist overseas.

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  10 Books to Accompany an Adventure

Perfect for your pack, these stories will inspire and entertain you.

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ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB*

Hell Is Other People’s Vacations

So please stop Instagramming your travel pictures.

From the Atlantic >>

Why Traveling As A White American Is The Ultimate Form Of Privilege

Travel is not readily accessible to a lot of people. Or, if it is accessible, they face culturally and economically ingrained barriers that make that travel more burdensome, difficult, or dangerous.

From The Feminist Globetrotter >>

Barack Obama on why travel matters

The former US president describes his most memorable travel experience, finding his place in the world on an overnight bus trip and the importance of listening.

From BBC Travel >>

'A significant day for aviation': Qantas launches zero garbage flight

Qantas has trialled the world's first flight ever to produce no landfill waste as the airline embarks on a mission to cut out the use of 100 million plastic items from its planes by next year.

From the Sydney Morning Herald >>

Apply for the 1st annual Sustainable Tourism Competition

You are invited to submit your innovative ideas and projects for the first annual Sustainable Tourism Competition. 

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