We can’t go on holiday at the moment, so a Channel 4 series about it is enough to have my blood pressure surging
It is interesting to see how Covid has weaponised the tourism industry. I received an email recently from a travel agent offering a week in Sicily. My initial reaction was: “How?” Unless it is some kind of new all-inclusive deal by which you are rolled up in a carpet and hidden in a lorry so the customs people don’t find you, how would it be possible? Aren’t foreign holidays illegal at the moment?
The same goes for TV travel shows. In the Before Times, a holiday programme was a portal to let you know that – if you were careful with your money – you, too, could enjoy a fortnight of good food, cobbled streets and warm, jasmine-scented air. But what sort of ungodly masochist would watch a travel show in 2021?
