In 2024 passenger demand is expected to exceed pre-Covid levels, while tensions between mass market companies and local communities increase and ecosystems collapse. According to one expert, the days of mindless meandering must stop here.
Across the world, natural habitats are getting smaller and human populations are getting larger. In 1900, Africa’s population is estimated to have been 140 million. It stands today at 1.4 billion, growing ten-fold in just over a century. By 2050, which is a lot closer than it sounds, Africans are predicted to represent one in every four people on the planet.