Interview: Jonathan Frankham – Engaging with a new type of traveller
Jonathan Frankham, UK & Europe General Manager for World Nomads and nib, spoke to Michelle Royle about his unusual background and how new visa requirements next year might affect travel…
News analysis: Extreme tourism – into the danger zone
Adventure travel insurance covers hiking or skiing, but doesn’t extend to descending 12,500 feet into the ocean to see the wreck of the Titanic. If interest in extreme tourism continues…
Mandy Langfield looks at the sometimes rocky relationship between the insurance industry and its customers, and asks what can be done to improve things.
Paired with the full-scale media storm over shocking images of queues leading to its summit, the 11 deaths atop Mt Everest this climbing season have raised questions about the ethics…
A nuclear disaster zone has become a hot tourist attraction – in more ways than one. With so-called ‘dark tourism’ trending, Robin Gauldie finds out what it means in practice…