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MAKING UP FOR LOST TRIPS • We’ve been cooped up, over-Zoomed, and Vitamin D deficient for too long—it’s time to swap “deferred dreams” for “bookings.” The team at AFAR has all the intel and inspiration you need to put much-missed travel back on the calendar.

TRAVEL TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

IT’S TIME TO MAKE TRAVEL MORE SUSTAINABLE

THE 2021 AFAR TRAVEL VANGUARD • Visionaries who harness the power of travel to make a positive difference.

RUE MAPP • Nature should be accessible to everyone, and the founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro is helping make that vision a reality.

APOORVA GANDHI • Marriott International’s VP of Multicultural Affairs and Business Councils has a message: Welcome.

MEI ZHANG • The founder of tour company WildChina helps bring locals and travelers closer together.

AKWASI AGYEMAN • The CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority is inviting the African diaspora to explore their roots

ZITA COBB • For the founder and CEO of Shorefast, empowering communities is key to sustainable travel.

DANIEL SKJELDAM • The CEO of Hurtigruten Group believes the cruise industry can help passengers become better stewards of the environment.

LA VIE EN CIDRE • Ninety minutes from Paris, you’ll find ancient apple trees, innovative artisans—and a cider that rivals champagne.

THE OBEAH MAN’S SON • In Jamaica, Obeah is an ancient art that many still practice—but no one talks about. Well, until now.

COMMON THREADS • How a lifetime of travel sharpened one adventurer’s sense of style

NEXT STOP K-POP • Dad loves travel. Teen loves Blackpink. Put them together and what do you get? A dizzying tour of Seoul’s pop music scene.

A Collector’s Eye • Author and culinary historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris reflects on a hobby that has spanned more than half a century in this excerpt from her 2020 book, Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play.

With legard for the past, love in the present, and hope for the future

UP • Four days, 30 miles, and one hell of a climb: A writer takes on hut-to-hut hiking in the Austrian Alps.

HER NAME IS RIO • ON A LAST-MINUTE TRIP TO BRAZIL, A TRAVELER TIPTOES OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE.

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