D.C. school field trips are back; the pride of Belfast; a sanctuary for snow leopards; a paradise in Brazil
|  | Friday, November 26, 2021 | | | | |
| In today’s newsletter, traveling mindfully; school field trips return; industrial hub of Belfast sees a revival; a sanctuary for snow leopards … and a paradise in Brazil | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY GREG VAUGHN, ALAMY STOCK PHOTO | | By George Stone, TRAVEL Executive Editor
Is travel writing dead? That’s the question Tim Hannigan tackles in his book, The Travel Writing Tribe. While reports of the genre’s death may be greatly exaggerated, what is certain is that destination journalism is changing—as well it should.
“Wanting to experience the atmosphere of a foreign land is one of the reasons people read travel books, and conjuring up that atmosphere is part of the writer’s job. But we should always remember that what’s ‘exotic’ to the writer and their audience is simply ‘home’ to someone else,” Hannigan tells our colleagues at the U.K. edition of National Geographic Traveller.
A week ago, we launched Best of the World 2022, spotlighting dreamy destinations for the year ahead. But after spending most of the past two years not traveling, a fair question to ask is: After the pandemic passes, will we travel with a lighter environmental impact, more aware that our hot spots are other peoples’ homes?
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY DUKAS PRESSEAGENTUR, ALAMY STOCK PHOTO | | I hope so—and I’m not alone. Our annual feature highlights conservation catalysts who are working hard to preserve ecosystems and reduce tourist impact in places around the world, including Chimanimani National Park, one of the most biodiverse regions in Mozambique; Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park (pictured above), where environmentalists are fighting deforestation; Belize, where a tenth of the land falls within a conservation area; and the Columbia River Gorge, in Oregon/Washington (pictured at top), the largest National Scenic Area in the U.S.
Another place of pride is Northern Minnesota, where locals are working to combat light pollution. The Heart of the Continent Dark Sky Initiative is a U.S.-Canadian effort to create one of the largest dark-sky destinations on the planet. Two of its biggest pieces are in Minnesota: Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the world’s largest International Dark Sky Sanctuary at more than a million acres, and neighboring Voyageurs National Park, the state’s first International Dark Sky Park.
“The preservation of darkness not only provides wondrous views and ecological benefits to wildlife,” says Christina Hausman Rhode, of the nonprofit Voyageurs Conservancy. “It also allows us a window to the past; to see the skies as they were hundreds of years ago, used for navigation and storytelling by peoples like the voyageurs of the fur trade and the Indigenous Ojibwe.”
When we travel mindfully, our journeys not only illuminate—they can also make a difference.
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| A sanctuary for monks and snow leopards: Photographer Prasenjeet Yadav captured this image of the iconic Key Gompa, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, on a drive to his field site in the upper Himalaya, where the Nat Geo Explorer was working on a story about snow leopards. The monastery, which sits more than 13,450 feet above sea level, is home to more than 250 monks. “Over the years, I have seen so many snow leopards around this monastery,” Yadav says, “that this view is what comes to mind when I think of snow leopard habitat.” Yadav’s recently released TikTok video on the leopards has become one of Nat Geo’s most popular on the platform.
Subscriber exclusive: Himalaya snow leopards are finally coming into view
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| D.C. school trips are back: Life on the National Mall is returning to normal, with tour groups of teens again traipsing around reopened museums and monuments. Restaurants close earlier than they used to, and some museums aren’t accepting large groups because of coronavirus concerns, but teens (and their adult chaperones) are still finding ways to have fun in the nation’s capital, the Washington Post reports.
Austria on lockdown: The European country is returning to a nationwide lockdown for at least 10 days starting Monday, as COVID-19 cases surge. Stores will close, cultural events are cancelled, and leisure travel is prohibited. The country will make vaccines mandatory, as of February 1, CNN reports. “We don’t want a fifth wave. We don’t want a sixth and seventh wave,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced.
Lots of room at the inns: A three-year restoration project is wrapping up at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, but few people are expected to see it soon. Christmas is usually high season at the site where many people believe Jesus was born, but the Holy Land has been hard hit by the pandemic and travel bans. “It’s almost Christmas and there’s nobody. Imagine that,” shopkeeper Aladdin Subuh tells the Associated Press.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY ARCHIVIO GBB, CONTRASTO/REDUX | | | The pride of Belfast: The Harland and Wolff shipyards of Northern Ireland’s capital drove a city’s economy and launched the R.M.S. Titanic (pictured above) before its tragic maiden voyage in 1912. The once-prolific shipyard complex has recently been transformed. The slipways where the Titanic was built are now a top outdoor performance venue in Belfast, which has just been awarded UNESCO City of Music status in recognition of its dynamic live music scene. Visitors who are flocking there can explore the $135 million Titanic Belfast attraction and the Maritime Mile, a walking trail of marinas, museums, art trails, and historic shipping sites, Ronan O’Connell reports for Nat Geo. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMIE DITARANTO | | | The paradise you don’t know … yet: Jalapão State Park, in the center of Brazil, was relatively unknown until a popular 2017 soap opera that set its characters’ love triangles in the park, brought it out of obscurity. The fervedouros, or karst springs, provide a cool oasis in Brazil’s dry Cerrado, South America’s largest savanna. To reach the park, visitors must fly into Palmas, and drive five to six hours eastward on unpaved roads. | | | |
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