Among the travel trends for 2021, that of “purposeful travel” seems to point its nose and could well become established in manners. Coming from the Anglo-Saxons, the concept of purposeful travel consists of focusing one’s journey on experiences that have meaning for oneself and for the chosen destination, in particular for local communities. Discovery of a new way of traveling which is perhaps not so “new” but to which is finally grafted a name which could well rhyme with tourism of the future.
How to get started with purposeful travel
Let’s start with an attempted translation: “Purpose” means “goal, objective”, and “ful” as a suffix, “full of”. Purposeful travel is a journey that brings together many objectives. Embarking on a purposeful travel is therefore giving meaning to your trip, a trip that cannot be decided at the last minute or on a whim. On the contrary, it is a project matured according to one’s desires, interests, passions, predispositions and what one wishes to share. The destination is obviously capital and chosen according to the purpose of the trip. Finally, the idea is also to try to have a local impact, so that the meaning that one gives to one’s trip also has one on site, with the locals.
► “Purposeful travel”, the tourism of the future?
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