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Travel Destination Ignorance

Madeira cake from France and Tenerife ininterest as their location as long as its
Bulgariawarm  and  sunny  with cheap booze available.
The other day, I was sitting at my favouriteTravel destination ignorance is not just a
restaurant when I overheard a conversationBritish thing. An air stewardess once told me
that  went  something  like  this:a story about an American couple visiting
their parents country of origin, Bulgaria,
First Person: "I think I am going to have aone  February.
slice  of  Madeira  cake"
They had used a travel agent in New York to
Her Friend: "That's a good idea, I ll joinplan their journey and book the two flights
you. Not that Ive got a clue why they call itthat were involved. The first flight took
Madeira  cake,  have  you?"them to London where they boarded the ongoing
flight to complete their journey. When this
First Person: "I think its named after someflight landed at Reina Sofia airport the
place  in  France."couple looked a little flustered and
hesitated at the top of the flight steps,
I am not sure why that sort of ignoranceturning to the stewardess to ask why
about places makes me feel so frustrated.everywhere looked so sub tropical and sunny,
After all, why should everyone be asand adding that their parents had always told
fascinated by travel and far away places as Ithem that Bulgaria was cold in February. At
am? Whatever the reason, I just could notfirst, the stewardess was at a loss to think
help myself interrupting the two women asof anything that could possibly explain how
soon as they had ordered their cake to informsomeone trying to get to Bulgaria in Eastern
them that Madeira is a Portuguese islandEurope could end up on a flight to Tenerife
about four hundred miles off of the northin the Canary Islands. Then she realized
African coast in the Atlantic ocean. I addedthat the name of Bulgarias capital city is
that it makes a fabulous holiday destinationSofia. She asked the couple whether they
but did bother to tell them that it isthought they had boarded a flight to Sofia,
actually not one island but an archipelagoBulgaria. The answer was yes and it turned
and actually an autonomous region ofout that their travel agent had probably just
Portugal.typed Sofia Flights into her computer and
accepted the results that the query gave
Just as well - their expressions told me thatwithout  questioning  any  further!
I had already said more than they were
interested  in  knowing.Best travel tips and holiday destination
information
This attitude of having little or no interest
in travel destinations is actually veryTravel destination ignorance rubs me up the
common and it is not confined to people whowrong way because I am so passionate about
are generally under educated. Frequenttravel and that is also the reason that I
examples can be seen on television quiz showsstarted up a website dedicated to providing
when contestants who are obviously wellinformation, articles and travel tips, about
educated  stumble  on  simple questions like;holiday or vacation destinations worldwide.
As well as wanting to help people to make the
Which of the following is not a Caribbeanright decisions when planning their
island (A) Jamaica (B)Cuba (C) Majorca (D)vacations, I hope the travel articles will
Barbadosfire peoples imaginations so that they can
enjoy dreaming about places they have never
Even more incredible are the people youbeen to, even if they never get around to
sometimes overhear in a travel agent, bookingvisiting them.
holidays to resorts without having any



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