Travel influencer views Jacksonville as international destination

Martinique Lewis will include urban Jacksonville locations in articles and social media posts geared towards black tourists leading up to Juneteenth. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In May the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Florida. The organization did this after what it called “aggressive attempts to erase black history and restrict diversity in Florida schools” by Governor Ron DeSantis. While this advisory is meant to keep black people safe and inflict economic impacts on the state, it may also be damaging to black owned businesses that rely on tourism dollars. It’s summertime across the country, millions of Americans…

Is Social Media-Induced Tourism Ruining Travel?

There is a much-photographed house in a mountain range in the Faroe Islands. It sits on the edge of a cliff, looking out over the Atlantic, and is surrounded by rolling greenery and rugged rock formations. The roof is covered in turf, a traditional feature which serves a practical purpose – soaking up some of the plentiful rain that falls here and providing insulation – but which also blends the house into the backdrop, making it particularly photogenic. More people are going to rural settings than they ever have before, because geotagging has allowed people to see exactly where they…