Odyssey Magazine Issue 1, 2016 | Page 66

YOUR TRAVELLING IN SEARCH OF Tourism is the ultimate leisure activity. That's how it's sold to the 1 135 million of us that trot from country to country every year contributing 9% to the world's GDP. What could be more desirable? You get away from home. Give your everyday life the slip. Chill out and pamper yourself as far as your budget will allow. Freed from your workplace you can concentrate on superficial things and, above all, stop thinking. You leave your brain behind and look forward to being entertained. Nick Inman investigates. ODYSSEY 66 •  DIGIMAG