These 2 influencers are once again daring to explore the world, as travel restrictions get easier

Monday, September 27, 2021

For many out there, the pandemic for more than one-and-a-half years has planted an impediment to the “have feet, will travel” aspirations, bringing the tourism and hospitality sector to a completely idle state. In India, travel and tourism industry that accounts for almost 2.5 percent of the GDP of the country saw the loss of 14.5 million jobs in the first quarter of 2020 alone.

Nevertheless, the second half of 2021 witnessed restrictions related to travel getting easier and many countries opening their international borders once again. As per the news reports, in the middle of a plunge in cases related to Covid-19 in India, the country may soon reopen its international borders for foreign tourists for the first time in one-and-a-half years, officials said.

The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in 2021 has declared that World Tourism Day should focus on “Tourism for Inclusive Growth”.

Today we would talk about two travel influencers — Kritika Goel and Rashmee — to find out if their desire to travel is back as the world slowly gets back to its normal form. These two influencers are photographers as well and part of Canon’s EOS Ambassador Program

Kritika Goel is a full-time YouTuber and content creator. She documents her travel and adventures, taking her viewers through her photos and videos. She has been featured on Lonely Planet, Times of India, and Outlook Traveller.
Kritika during the pandemic had to resort to 80 percent lifestyle content and 20 percent travel.

“It was quite challenging but I enjoyed learning to create different types of content and be a bit more experimental again, and I think a large part of my audience enjoyed these lifestyle vlogs too,” she adds.

Rashmee is one-half of Anant & Rashmee, travel photographers and videographers since 2017. In India and South East Asia, she has been working with hotels and resorts. Their photos and videos have been featured regularly on photography pages on Instagram like Colours of India, Photographers of India and Tripoto.

At the age of 23, Rashmee started her own agency named ‘Weird Communications’. She manages this with her business partner. At present, she manages her travel career as a vlogger and as a creative director for Weird.

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