The response to Bronwyn’s recent piece on the joys of domestic travel has made me realise how useful it is to have a point of comparison.  It gives us some perspective.Last year I spent 5 weeks in Turkey on an (ahem) detailed research trip to make that comparison.  It’s a useful comparison because, according to the very useful Economist World in Figures app, Turkey actually sits quite close to Australia in the world tourism rankings on inbound benefit.  It’s derived from more visitors spending less but nevertheless we’re pretty close.  Like … [Read more...]