Why Do We Travel?


© Beautiful Landscape / Shutterstock. ImageVenice, Italy

© Beautiful Landscape / Shutterstock. ImageVenice, Italy

Everyone wants to travel the world, whether it’s to meet new people, taste new food, or visit new places. Travel is consequently an extremely lucrative industry, but tourist destinations are getting more crowded than ever and associated pollution emissions are only worsening the climate emergency.

Why do we travel? In this edition of Editor’s Talk, four editors from ArchDaily based in Lebanon, the United States, and Chile share their thoughts on the meaning of travel, and why tourists enjoying a beach in a location like Brazil should also care about the cities they visit.

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