269 Working in Tourism and Travel

02/14/22 • 24 min

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Working in the tourism industry sounds like a dream, right? (Well, maybe not during a pandemic ...) But there's certainly something to be said for working in an industry where the focus is on something happy and joyful, and the three guests in this episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast all have had some wonderful experiences working in tourism and travel.

I start off by chatting with Lucky Legong who migrated from South Africa to Australia to continue working in the hospitality industry. She started off spending several years on gorgeous (but remote!) Kangaroo Island and then moved to Lord Howe Island - there are definitely some perks to this work, especially the beautiful surroundings.

Shelley Winkel spoke to me about her career in publicity in the tourism industry, with a wide-ranging list of appointments across the globe, though for some years now her big love has been promoting Queensland - which is how we originally met.

To finish up I talk to travel writer Bev Malzard about one of the most envy-inducing parts of working in travel, the famil - I've also been on a number of familiarisation trips and they're most commonly thought of by others as a holiday when in fact they can be quite a lot of hard work - in the case of this hilarious story from Bev, it's her stomach which had to work hard!

Links:

Lucky Legong from the Baillie Lodges group - https://baillielodges.com.au
Lucky's previous interview about migrating to Australia to continue her hospitality work - notaballerina.com/254
Shelley Winkel from Tourism and Events Queensland - https://teq.queensland.com
Bev Malzard’s blog TravelGal on the Move - https://travelgaltravels.com
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Links:

Lucky Legong from the Baillie Lodges group - https://baillielodges.com.au
Lucky's previous interview about migrating to Australia to continue her hospitality work - notaballerina.com/254
Shelley Winkel from Tourism and Events Queensland - https://teq.queensland.com
Bev Malzard’s blog TravelGal on the Move - https://travelgaltravels.com
Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin
Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/269

Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/

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Previous Episode

268 Finding Yourself in Danger on Your Travels

Warnings of danger on our travels seem to be over-represented in the discussions people have before rips. Perhaps it’s the (understandable) fear of the unknown, combined with our tendency to spread more bad stories than good ones. For Episode 268, I’ve brought together a bunch of guests who’ve had a range of experiences that are dangerous or could-have-been dangerous, with one overarching message: they are all okay!

That’s not to say we shouldn’t be aware and somewhat risk-averse when we travel, of course. My first guest is Jess Stone who had an experience in Mexico which to start with, was quite frightening. I then chat with Brent Hartinger and Michael Jensen about two experiences they’ve had with fire while travelling (the second of which made me properly scared!). Finally, Helena Fox tells me about an experience she had as a young backpacker in France, where she ended up being lucky in a situation I know can turn out quite differently.

Links:

Jess Stone of Go Ruffly, ethical outdoor dog gear - https://www.goruffly.com/
Brent and Michael are Going Places - https://www.brentandmichaelaregoingplaces.com/
Helena Fox - https://helenafoxauthor.com/
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Next Episode

270 Post-Pandemic Travel: What Will Change?

I don’t think we’re at the post-pandemic stage yet, but we definitely seem to be at the stage where people are travelling a lot more - even the Australian border is open now, and Western Australia’s will be soon too. So it seems like an appropriate time to revisit the great hopes of 2020 - when we all said that after the pandemic we’ll be much more thoughtful travellers, basically.

In this episode, I talk about some academic research and a prediction of the different ways people will approach travel after the pandemic - they’ve based it on ‘terror management theory’ which is intriguing in itself. After discussion both the short and long term predictions of how people may change their thoughts about travel, I dig into the anecdotal evidence I’ve been able to collect in recent weeks.

Basically, I think there is good news and bad news. And I really hope the good news wins out in the end!

Links:

“Proximal and distal post-COVID travel behavior’ in the Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 88, by L Miao, J Im, X Fu, H Kim and YE Zhang - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103159
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