Changing travel patterns are the norm once again...
Lately, one only needs to scan for a few minutes through the cable news channels in order to get an update on the latest from Sri Lanka or Thailand regarding how many European, British or American tourists are still unnaccounted for. That is, just before considering how the next conversation with the missus will go when planning the next fun-in-the-sun agenda for you and yours.
"Gee honey, the flights to Phuket are rock-bottom right now... Wanna go have some fun in the sun?"
I think that people will consider in-room, high speed internet connections as a service necessity even moreso now than ever before. Simply because internet access could be the only reliable way to stand well informed as to what is actually happening in the world while we're away. Getting away from it all certainly can be viewed from a different slant now that we all understand that nowhere are we truly safe from trajedy on a massive scale.
Previously, one took a vacation to get away from it all... But when one considers how impossible it will continue to be able to trust local governments' ability to respond to disaster warning systems regardless of their preparedness, I'll take good ol' CNN, instant messaging and a little spam in my email box in order to be able to see "what's up" a few minutes before I go to the beach downstairs. And I'm not one to ever consider such things.
The tsunami early warning system that would have provided at least reasonable notification for the countries bordering the Indian Ocean is estimated to cost only twenty million dollars to put in place. That's hardly a drop in the disaster relief bucket to which we are all now contributing.
A simple suggestion: Before your next trip, check on your favorite resort's ability to provide high speed or WI-FI internet connectivity in your room.
Related news article:
www.newscientist.com/article
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