剑桥新词 12月19日

【剑桥新词】New words – 19 December 2022

　Place lag

　　 noun [U]

　　a feeling of surprise and slight confusion that people experience after making a long journey by plane and arriving in a place that is strange and new

　　The pilot and writer Mark Vanhoenacker has coined the expression “place lag” to describe the wonder of arriving at new locales after a long flight. Parallel to jet lag and its time difference, the temporary spatial disjuncture between the familiarity of home and the unfamiliarity of elsewhere, enabled through the speed of air travel, can reset one’s perspective on the world.

　　[luxurytraveladvisor.com, 18 October 2022]

　Trip stacking

　　    noun [U]

　　the activity of booking more than one holiday for the same time period in case one has to be cancelled, for example because of new travel restrictions

　　Basically, trip stacking refers to the strategy of booking all your reservations ― from flights to accommodations to restaurants to activities ― for multiple vacations during the same time frame. That way, you have backup options if something disrupts your primary travel plans.

　　[huffpost.com, 22 April 2022]

Regenerative tourism

　　  noun [U]

　　the activity of going on holiday to a particular destination and making a positive impact on the place and the people who live there

　　By definition, regenerative tourism is “the idea that tourists should leave a place in better condition than it was before.” For example, it would be like visiting a garden and instead of leaving no trace, each person planted a tree or air-purifying plant to further build the environment rather than simply leaving it status quo. In a way, regenerative tourism involves travelers to be active in their acts of sustainability rather than neutral, providing a better future for places that do fall victim to overtourism.

　　[thetravel.com, 12 July 2022]