Destinations, Asia

The upside of traveling post-disaster is not just economic

- Jul 01, 2012 8:38 am

Skift Take

Post-disaster tourism should always take its cues from locals as opposed to voluntarism business that feed off wealthy travelers’ desire to “help.”

— Jason Clampet

@NatGeoTraveler
The advantages to traveling in a time of calamity http://t.co/QU8YGl1O

Tags: japan, natural disasters

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