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January 9th, 2017
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity in trial run for creating suborbital space travel.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Fodor’s Travel offers expert travel advice for every stage of a traveler’s trip. They provide travel recommendations for all tastes and budget in over 7,500 worldwide destinations.
But curb that travel taste for leaving Earth!
The organization has posted their “Fodor’s No List 2017” spotlighting citizen space travel as a kind of no fly zone.
Cold, dark vacuum
Tagging it “UNDER DEVELOPED: SPACE” the travel advisory group offers this view:
“The desire to go to space is entirely understandable. Between Zika, the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, and obnoxious spring breakers alone, who wouldn’t want to set a course for that cold, dark vacuum? Plus, you’d be part of an exclusive club: only 536 people have ever been to space, with only 24 traveling beyond low Earth orbit.”
Travel opportunities…or keep your feet firmly planted on Earth?
Credit: ISECG
However, they flag the fact that a seat on Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceliner goes for a cool $250,000 and advises: “You’d better be Richard Branson himself. Even if you did have the funds for a ticket, you could buy a perfectly lovely house outright, never mind the luxurious vacations you could take right here on planet Earth!”
South pole position
Fodor’s guidance is to put your space helmet away and pack your bags for Antarctica.
“If you’re looking to ‘get away from it all,’ a trip to this continent-sized tundra will help you achieve that in the most literal way possible,” they counsel. Plus, you’ll still have all the thrill of visiting a remote, isolated locale without the house-sized price tag. Because Zika and climate change aside, there are still plenty of incredible corners of this pale blue dot just waiting to be explored.”
Australian continent and Antarctica captured by Hayabusa2 camera.
Credit: JAXA
Dubious destinations
So for Earth-bound travelers, take note that on the Fodor no list is Dubai, an “under construction” travel stop. Instead go to Hong Kong.
Forget Miami Beach due to the Zika virus…but thumbs up on Key West.
Another dubious destination listed includes New Delhi where a traveler is greeted by the thick smoke suffocating the city. “On bad days, visibility is just a few yards,” Fodor warns. Instead, go to Bangalore.
For the complete listing of Fodor’s destinations in 2017 to avoid, go to:
http://www.fodors.com/news/photos/fodors-no-list-2017
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