I’ve often had occasion to smirk to myself on hearing that a friend plans to ‘travel’. Usually what they really mean is they’re about to go on an all-inclusive holiday to a resort in southern Europe and sit on their bum by a swimming pool for a week. Not that there’s anything wrong with that – it’s definitely my favourite thing to do in hot countries. But why won’t they admit that they’re ‘tourists’, instead of pretending that they’re ‘travellers’?
