"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ March 22, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-04-07

URL: https://youtu.be/xOZW8l5seC4

Hello Again Thoughtful Travelers!  Welcome to today’s thought for March 22, 2016. 

It’s by  Paul Fussell, an American author and cultural and literary historian.  He lived from 1924 to 2012.

“Exploration belongs to the Renaissance, travel to the bourgeois age, tourism to our proletarian moment.”

So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine:

“Wow!  This one is a bit complex from a historical perspective, but I suppose the timeline is accurate, although it’s certainly generalized.  Paul Fussell was always bemoaning the lack of adventure and authentic travel experiences in the modern world of package tours that offer destination highlights and logistical convenience in exchange for freedom and initiative.  Although the tourism industry controls more and more of the top resources and facilities, there’s still room for explorers and real travelers, it’s just a different challenge than in centuries past.  So sally forth!”

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in March.  I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  And leave a comment.  I’d like to hear your thoughts too.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!

March 1-31, 2016 (entries listed by date and source):
01 Anais Nin
02 Aldous Huxley
03 Margaret Mead
04 Mark Twain
05 Mason Cooley
06 Arnold Bennet
07 Confucius
08 Kenneth Grahame
09 Clive Jones
10 (Unknown)
11 Douglas Adams
12 Jack Kerouac
13 Sir Walter Scott
14 Jack London
15 (Roman Expression)
16 Walt Disney
17 George Bernard Shaw
18  William Bartram
19 Robert Jenkins
20 John B. Priestly
21 William Shakespeare
22 Thomas Haynes Bayly
23 Pubilius Syrus
24 Dr. Maya Angelou
25 Arthur Schopenhauer
26 Mario Batali
27 Pope John Paul II
28 Benjamin Franklin
29 Samuel Johnson
30 Reverend Purlie V. Judson
31 Antoine de Saint Exupery

Presented by Dr. Stan McGahey.  Want to learn how the tourism industry works?  View my free series of short, narrated PPTs on a variety of important topics, entitled “Demystifying Tourism” on YouTube.