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In defence of travel journalism

“Why should I believe what a travel journalist writes,” someone said to me at a dinner party, “you haven’t paid for your holiday and you’re beholden to the people who gave it to you for free”. As a freelance travel journalist of some thirty years standing, or rather sun-lounging, if I’ve heard this once I’ve heard it, or something similar, a hundred times. It’s true we are a bunch of freeloading hacks for hire swanning around the world while generally enjoying the very best tha...