PhD @LeedsBeckett, anthropology of tourism, visiting lecturer @UniWestminster
London, England
Joined May 2021
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Ross Bennett-Cook retweeted
European travellers cancel US visits as Trump’s policies threaten tourism on.ft.com/3RdZChr via @financialtimes
A "bad buzz"
Ross Bennett-Cook retweeted
Donald Trump's tariffs and border policies are causing tourists to cancel trips to the United States, and the tourism industry is getting worried.
Story via @RossBennettCook and @ConversationUS
dcreport.org/2025/04/13/tour…
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🌏 On "Narco tourism - fascination with true crime, drugs and cartels is popular - tourists should take a moment to consider how they might feel if someone who had murdered their loved ones became a souvenir fridge magnet to remember their country by."
theconversation.com/colombia…
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Wow. It’s 2024 and I’ve just had to crawl along the floor of this LOT Polish airline to get to the toilet during a flight back from Warsaw as “we don’t have onboard wheelchairs. It’s airline policy”. If you’re disabled and you can’t walk this is just discriminatory.
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In 2023, Indian tourists spent over USD$33 billion on travel. Many destinations are recognizing their potential from SE Asia with simpler visa requirements to Switzerland, a popular filming location for Bollywood movies @RossBennettCook @ConversationUK adventure.com/indian-travele…
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Yesterday I was interviewed in various BBC radio outlets to discuss Mallorca's demonstration.
@BBCRadio2 with Jeremy Wine (29:30): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00214…
@BBCRadioScot Lunchtime Live (49:35): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00219…
@bbc5live - Gordon Smart (38:55): bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00219…
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Unfortunately, a tabloid newspaper has got hold of a music video I recorded in Islington North with an iconic grime artist I've admired for years.
They are planning to publish a heavily edited clip, so I'm releasing the full version myself. Watch here: tinyurl.com/yeymfb96
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🔔 EVENT ALERT: Mark your calendars and join us on June 19 (register at eventbrite.co.uk/e/tourism-a…)
#lfa2024 #londonfestivalofarchitecture
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A #fancydress ban?
'A district council in #Prague has proposed that outrageous costumes worn by stag and hen party groups be banned to tackle #overtourism and reduce the toll of nightlife on locals in the city.' independent.co.uk/travel/new…
Ross Bennett-Cook retweeted
Palestinian journalists are working in ‘dire’ conditions to show the world what is happening in Gaza, despite Israeli forces make it harder and harder for them to report.
Read here 👇
novaramedia.com/2023/11/03/p…
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An @Intrepid_Travel report predicts that carbon passports will be in use by 2040 as climate change worsens, writes @RossBennettCook
A carbon passport would allocate each person a yearly carbon allowance, rationing travel. What do you think of this idea?
theconversation.com/its-time…
Ross Bennett-Cook retweeted
Train travel in the UK is on average 6 times less polluting than flying, and on certain routes it's 13 times less polluting.
That's why we're asking the government to remove air routes where there's a viable rail alternative.
Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
ALT Graphic shows a map of the UK with Edinburgh and London labelled. Text says did you know, London to Edinburgh is the UK's busiest air route. Taking the train can cut your emissions by 92%
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'Film Screening & Discussion: Overtourism, Short-Term Letting and City Residents'
Join me on 25 November at 3pm in Edinburgh for a screening of the Mallorcan film 'Overbooking' & a discussion about the impacts of STL on local communities with Eilidh Keay (@LivingRent_Edi).
Ross Bennett-Cook retweeted
If a company promotes itself as LGBTQ+-friendly, it is not simply being more inclusive; it brings value to the corporation. Meaningful change would require so much more, argues @ph_dyke of @uowsss.
transformingsociety.co.uk/20…
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🎭 #DemocraticTransformations No.2
Diversity-friendly corporations are co-opting difference to wash over the violences of capitalism. @ph_dyke argues that only by reconnecting identity struggles to economic justice can we engender democratic transformation
bit.ly/3Sr07Xn
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💡The idea of a carbon passport centres on each traveller being assigned a yearly carbon allowance that they cannot exceed. These allowances can then “ration” travel.
Now to make this workable at scale, and past policymaker inertia.
By @RossBennettCook
theconversation.com/its-time…
