Tag: tourism

• November 13, 2025

  Tourism is overrated: Be a Pilgrim!

  Tourism invokes images of 5-star hotels, private beaches, expensive restaurants, and shopping till we drop. Pilgrimage on the other hand sounds austere, sober, and–to a civilization that has deified pleasure–decidedly dry and un-fun. I think we’ve misunderstood pilgrimage completely and overidealized its richer, slicker counterpart. Pilgrimage is one of the earliest forms of travel known…