Georgy Alexandrov said: “Travel helps you understand the beauty of space and the pricelessness of time.” COVID-19 has made us understand that the opportunity to travel itself is priceless.
Just a few months ago, we lived in a reality in which travel was as accessible as going to the cinema. Just a few months ago, the entire globe was at our service. Coronavirus has changed our reality again – and now everyone is wondering what will travel be like after COVID-19.
We traveled easily and crossed continents. Now the lives of many of us are limited by self-isolation, closed borders of Russia and other countries. We can only remember our travels, looking at photographs, and dream about where we can go when the quarantine is lifted.
What if this special time was just a fantastic opportunity to reconsider our attitude towards travel? Right now, while we are in isolation, We have time to realize what an ideal journey would be – ideal for each of us.
Some people dream of clear waters and sandy beaches, some remember narrow streets and ancient stones of medieval cities, some again dream of a fantastic sunrise over the waters of the Indian Ocean. Some people choose the same hotel where they had such a good holiday last year, while others finally decide on an exotic trip to “unvisited” countries. A trip that I had been putting off for so long. The huge open world offered us incredible choices, but actually robbed us of a huge part of the holiday anticipation. Coronavirus has given us the dream of traveling again.
After the borders open, we will see that the world has changed. People, way of life, many traditions have changed – even nature has experienced a certain period of renaissance, clearing itself of traces of human activity that had accumulated over years and decades. But not only the world will change, we ourselves will change. Our attitude towards travel will change and become more conscious. When you know that you can easily lose, you value it doubly.Travel will be more carefully planned, it will become more eventful — richer in excursions, adventures, events.
Event tourism will become an even more popular form of recreation. In fact, it always seemed to us that a holiday that is repeated in any country from year to year will not go anywhere. How many times have we said to ourselves: “It would be nice to see the Venice Carnival, but oh well, not this year, then in a year.” But this year there was no Venice Carnival, there was no Parade in Moscow on May 9, and only the Japanese themselves could enjoy the blossoming of Japanese cherry blossoms.
In conditions of self-isolation, our lives have moved to the Internet, as the authors of science fiction books predicted. Direct human communication has become a luxury for many. Cultural events or canceled — or take place in the form of online broadcasts, behind closed doors. But watching a play or concert on TV is not at all the same as being in an auditorium, among people charged with the same emotions as you. Concerts and football matches, festivals and holidays give us not only enjoyment of the event itself — but also the pleasure of belonging to a community of people who share our interests. And when the restrictions caused by the fight against the virus are lifted, the Vienna Opera and Arena di Verona will reopen, the traditional horse races at Ascot will take place, and the Luzhniki Stadium will welcome fans.
Thirst for new experiences — one of the best qualities of human character, and from this year she has a powerful incentive not to put off until later what she wants to see now.
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