I mean, a lot of people aren’t willing to outright cancel their already booked trips, since they don’t wish to waste potentially thousands of euros, so they may as well take the risk
Aaand this is why the national governments in the EU should already have issued an official travel warning… or simply state on camera: “Don’t go to the fucking USA!”
TBF, that’s normal. People tend to consume social media in their own language and don’t get the full brunt of what’s going on in the US. People want to stick to the idea that the world is just as normal as it was 10 years ago.
Well, thankfully I’m not normal.
Also, I have partial understanding for these backpackers. They were already traveling around the world, and my experience is that you consume less news or social media while traveling. Much less.
My experience is that travelling around the world is basically a full-time-job where you spend at least 2 hours every day gathering up-to-date info about your upcoming itinerary.
But maybe I’m weird that way. When I’m travelling with others, I usually slide into the role of travel guide automatically.
You’ll still read enough about Trump and the US, even if you read in your native language. I see enough news about Trump every day, no matter what platform. The lady is just super naive and thought: nothing will happen?
Maria Lepère is either a certified idiot or lives behind the moon and/or in TikTok.
They say, international tourism to Usa plummets by 10%.
So there are still 90% certified idiots.
I mean, a lot of people aren’t willing to outright cancel their already booked trips, since they don’t wish to waste potentially thousands of euros, so they may as well take the risk
Aaand this is why the national governments in the EU should already have issued an official travel warning… or simply state on camera: “Don’t go to the fucking USA!”
Well, the German government has. It’s just that some people think “It won’t happen to me” until it does.
I had a discussion a little while ago on Lemmy about someone saying “why should I care about US politics”. Well, add this to the reasons why.
TBF, that’s normal. People tend to consume social media in their own language and don’t get the full brunt of what’s going on in the US. People want to stick to the idea that the world is just as normal as it was 10 years ago.
Well, thankfully I’m not normal.
Also, I have partial understanding for these backpackers. They were already traveling around the world, and my experience is that you consume less news or social media while traveling. Much less.
My experience is that travelling around the world is basically a full-time-job where you spend at least 2 hours every day gathering up-to-date info about your upcoming itinerary.
But maybe I’m weird that way. When I’m travelling with others, I usually slide into the role of travel guide automatically.
You’ll still read enough about Trump and the US, even if you read in your native language. I see enough news about Trump every day, no matter what platform. The lady is just super naive and thought: nothing will happen?
She’s just a kid who recently finished school. But I hope she learned an important life lesson there.