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Post pandemic travel to learn from New Zealand says Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler
4 Mar, 2021 05:05 PM
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Macau s fake Venice: Guide publisher Tony Wheeler has devoted himself to solving travel s hard problems. Photo / Getty Images
Macau s fake Venice: Guide publisher Tony Wheeler has devoted himself to solving travel s hard problems. Photo / Getty Images
Thomas Bywater is a writer and digital producer for Herald Travelthomas.bywater@nzherald.co.nz@ThomasBywater
Can we turn an international travel shutdown into a new brave new start, the Lonely Planet founder has asked of New Zealand
Moving on from writing guidebooks, Tony Wheeler has since begun tackling the hard problems of global travel: carbon debt, over-tourism and sustainable development. And he thinks the world has a lot to learn from Aotearoa.