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Coming up, remember when packing for a trip meant squeezing a chunky lonely planet guide into your already bulging suitcase?
Those days might be over as the travel guide exits the chinese market.
As millennials wax nostalgic for their trusty travel companions were left wandering in an age of instant online reviews and AI, travel planners have we truly outgrown the charm of physical guidebooks?
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Discussion Today, the rise of the Internet and social media has transformed the way travelers plan their trips, potentially marking the end of an era when traditional travel guidebooks such as Lonely Planet were the go to resource for aspiring adventurers.
Lonely Planet now bows out from the chinese market after it closed its Melbourne and London offices in April 2020.
The news has triggered nostalgic goodbyes from many millennial travelers in China, who in the late two thousands and early 2010s, relied on these blue spine books for both solid travel advice and in depth background knowledge about their destinations.
Show of hands, guys.
Who still has an appetite for traditional travel guidebooks?