That was the message Ella Paradis, director and founder of The Black Explorer magazine, had for the International Women in Travel and Tourism Forum 2022.
“It’s the white man going to explore in the 1800s and writing it up in the journal… that still permeates in the travel industry – we are the civiliser going out to explore.”
She said phrases like “colonial charm,” needed ejecting, adding that there was “still a lot of work to be done,” to make travel more attractive…