Travel buddies are out; solo trips are in
More people are going on holiday alone
INTREPID YOUNGSTERS have long ventured abroad in search of edification and excitement. In 1608 Thomas Coryat, an Englishman sometimes called “the world’s first backpacker”, embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe. Friendless and on foot, Coryat discovered foreign delicacies (“frogs used for food”) and newfangled technologies (“forks used in feeding”).
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