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Travel mode in full sustainability, which aims exclusively at destinations quite close to one’s residence. These can be reached in a short time and with means that have low impact as their characteristic.
In summary, we have encapsulated in the next four topics what proximity tourism undoubtedly offers, presenting a philosophy that will surely gain support.
- Rediscovery of the Territory: Enhances the local heritage, villages, and nature, often overlooked, promoting slow tourism.
- Environmental Sustainability: Reduces the ecological footprint associated with long-distance travel, especially by air, contributing to the fight against climate change.
- Flexibility and Low Budget: Ideal for short stays, weekends, or day trips, it allows for better management of the vacation budget.
- Authentic Experience: Allows you to connect with the local population and traditions. So if travel exists, it seems that the “nearby” one is also contemplated, without frills, miles away and airport check-ins. Waiting, luggage, stress, and jet lag. Thus, the little trip close to home, perhaps with a reservation for one or two nights without complications, has become one of the emerging trends. Undoubtedly influenced by the difficult international situation with armed conflicts, but that’s not all. It is a sort of reversal of the travel paradigm, which is no longer based on the desire to explore the other side of the world, but rather to move in order to deepen and fulfill another desire. To gather nearby emotions, reachable in a short distance. But that’s not enough; proximity tourism also contains other qualities that are seemingly under the radar, such as frequency. It is undeniable that traveling this way increases the “number of departures” and can become a lifestyle. Sustainable and virtuous, rich in suggestions and vitality. And perhaps not so unprecedented after all.
