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Travel in a Post-Covid World

COVID-19 slammed the brakes on global tourism. But with vaccines now being rolled out around the world, there is optimism that international travel may soon take-off again.

COVID-19 slammed the brakes on global tourism, bringing it to a screeching halt. But with vaccines now being rolled out around the world, there is optimism that international travel may soon take-off again. Yet even before the pandemic, critics were already saying global travel was no longer environmentally sustainable. Now, on top of that, the aviation industry is close to collapse. Covid has only intensified our yearning to get away, but should we really just jump back on to planes if we want to save the planet? And what cost to our cultural understanding - travel is said to broaden the mind but our horizons maybe limited. Join Zeinab Badawi and a panel of experts taking questions from around the world.

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