That's why they become more of a leisure stress

Since the year 2000 at the latest, everything seems to be about holidays. The all-inclusive offers, the low-cost airlines, the couchsurfing broaden the horizon. The rolling suitcases flap around the world. The question today is also: is the trip instagram-able?

The rotating stands creaking with postcards still exist, but they seem to have become unimportant. Handwritten postcards with "nice greetings" from the holidays are outdated in the 21st century.

Instead, greetings and photos are sent in real time to loved ones through a smartphone. Friends are provided with snapshots and information in social networks – and sometimes they are jealous. Motto: "And you like that?" An emoji about it.

There is a lot of work behind a social media staging. Holidays today are often a recreational stress. If you come to tourist hotspots – for example in Paris, New York or Neuschwanstein Castle – you will see people posing in front of world-famous buildings. Selfiesticks are drawn, people pile up friends or passers-by.

Quite simply to capture the ephemeral moment with a perfect motive and then – consciously or unconsciously – say, "Look where I was", "YOLO" (you only live once / you only live there). ;Once). Tourism has gained a lot of speed since the year 2000.

"The tourist destroys what he seeks …"

In the past, traveling was associated with surprises – today's Now, almost everything seems to be done, the effects have to be avoided. Internet is a blessing and a curse at the same time. Never before has the phrase of Hans Magnus Enzensberger, "The tourist destroys what he seeks by finding it", seems as true as today.

Google Street View allows you to walk the streets before traveling. Portals such as TripAdvisor are already looking for restaurants, photos and reviews of verified dishes. Chance no luck. Instead of city maps as in the past, the mobile phone also helps navigate the site.

Nonplusultra as housing. Couchsurfing is fashionable. With Airbnb from California's Silicon Valley, the idea of ​​renting a house in other places has also spread

Dreamy places like the invaded Venice, the Inca city of Machu Picchu or the burgeoning Berlin, formerly known for its cheap accommodations, groan among their popularity.

Symbol of Courage: Rolling Suitcase

The symbol of the casualness with which one travels today is also the rolling suitcase that clicks on the asphalt. Previously, the luggage was ballast. And the overworked family at the airport (or at the motorway service area) has shown the exceptional situation of traveling. Today, transportation of the essentials seems a process without effort.

Easyjetset Keyword: "Stealing for a taxi fare" was the slogan of an airliner. If it's not the world, at least Europe has become a village travel technology and largely with the Euro single currency since 2002.

Airlines like Ryanair, Wizz Air, Eurowings or Easyjet allow people to earn a little money. Weekend in Barcelona, ​​London, Lisbon, Mallorca or Rome. What this means for the environment is misplaced by many. This is also the case of the cruise boom.

Nobody likes to think about the dirty side of the trip. The so-called soft tourism as an alternative is usually only self-deception – and a good deal with high income consciousness.

Attacks Affect Lifestyle

The fear generated in those years in a lot of terror. The 21st century began with a shock. The attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York fuel the fear of theft.

The series of horrors continues in 2002 with the attack of the synagogue of the Tunisian island of Djerba with 21 dead including 14 Germans. In 2015, an Islamist on the beach killed dozens of tourists in the Tunisian resort of Sousse.

Attacks like those in Madrid, London, Marrakech, Paris, Berlin, Istanbul and Nice also affect the attitude towards life, but the desire to travel can not stop any of these events . stay in Switzerland

The homeland has once again become more popular in recent years. The tourist analysis of the gfs-zurich research institute bears witness to this: over 80% of Swiss spend their summer holidays in Germany.

19% of Swiss people prefer to spend their holidays in the canton of Ticino, 16% in Graubünden and 12% in Valais. While the Romands predominate in Valais (27%) and the canton of Vaud (10%), German Swiss prefer Graubünden and Graubünden as the most popular cantons. the next issues. And hiking trails abound in Switzerland.

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