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The Japanese Government Is Going To Subsidise Your Next Trip to Japan

The Japanese Government Is Going To Subsidise Your Next Trip to Japan

May 27, 2020
by Gemma Clarke
Current Affairs

Here at Global Hobo, Japan has been one of our favourite places in the universe for quite some time. It’s the steamy solidarity of soaking…

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Over Tourism and Over Reactions

Over Tourism and Over Reactions

January 8, 2020
by Mike Howard
Features

Enjoy the Journey – When You Get There, You May Not Be Welcome From Corfu to Korcula, from Montenegro to Rome, from Tallinn and Helsinki…

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Venice Declares War on Tourists

Venice Declares War on Tourists

November 22, 2019
by Mike Howard
Features, Italy Yarns

Ah, Venice – La Serenissma. La Dominante. The City of Bridges, of Masks, and Canals. The Grande Dame of the Adriatic. But has La Serenisima…

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Georgetown, Gentrification and Us

Georgetown, Gentrification and Us

May 20, 2019
by Joshuah Yeend
Features

It was a Thursday and it was late. What’s worse is that it was cold, and we were hungry. At this point, we had spent…

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The Hobo Guide to Not Looking Like a Tourist in Spain

The Hobo Guide to Not Looking Like a Tourist in Spain

October 23, 2018
by Gravy
Features

Did you know that Spaniards have their own term of disendearment for us? Well they do, it’s guiri (pronounced giddy), and it basically means sunburnt foreigner…

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The Machu Picchu Mistake: Is Seeing the Ruins Still Worth It?

The Machu Picchu Mistake: Is Seeing the Ruins Still Worth It?

September 27, 2018
by Ben Donaldson
Yarns

9:30pm, the night before my visit to Machu Picchu. I leap out of bed and race for the toilet. “Esta ocupado,” someone whispers. I’ve already…

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"Tourists Go Home": Unsustainable Travel in Venice

“Tourists Go Home”: Unsustainable Travel in Venice

July 2, 2018
by Amy Fairall
Features

“Fuck Air BnB”. “Tourists go home”. Confronting messages sprayed across crumbling brick walls on the outskirts of Venice put a pit of guilt in my…

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Hey Australian Tourists: You’re Just as Bad as Americans

Hey Australian Tourists: You’re Just as Bad as Americans

August 30, 2017
by Charlotte Brennan
Features

New hostel. You’re checked in and journeying to the common area. Loud voices carry down the hall. Americans, probably, you think. You’re proud to disassociate…

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A Realisation in Ubud

A Realisation in Ubud

May 12, 2017
by Freya Ingebørg
Features

A two-hour scooter ride through wet rice paddies and shadowy rainforest, and I was descending into the valley of Ubud. Overwhelmed by the busy streets…

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A Daisy Through Concrete: Sarajevo 25 Years On

A Daisy Through Concrete: Sarajevo 25 Years On

April 6, 2017
by Gemma Clarke
Features

“If you survived 1993, nothing else matters. There is no such thing as problems.” – Faruk Osmanovic, Sarajevo siege survivor Steeped in a rich valley…

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Is There an Etiquette for War Tourism?

Is There an Etiquette for War Tourism?

January 23, 2017
by Nat Kassel
Features

“Today I’m going to talk a lot about the US Army,” says the guide in his thick Vietnamese accent, “I want you to remember that…

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Over the Top Tourism on Nusa Lembongan

Over the Top Tourism on Nusa Lembongan

December 1, 2016
by Lizzy Keen
Features

Picture this: beneath an arch of blue sky, where tendrils of fuchsia bougainvillea frame a distant Mount Agung, an afternoon is passed in the company…

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