To bring the Meta-Travel Tourism Associates community website up to speed in 2026, we've dropped a number of database tables and outdated modules to improve the user experience for visitors, and help new members who share our vision.

The Road Ahead

Some old content may have been lost or changed as we try to clean the place up and re-think the Meta-Travel 'business plan' after the prolonged pandemic crisis hit so many travel websites and businesses. More about that later.

Thankfully Covid-19 is well behind us; the masks on public transport and many public places; lockdowns and partial lockdowns; the changing rules and conflicting advice from different sources and government officials, on an almost daily basis.

Some countries continue to apply green, yellow and red classifications to visitors from other countries on a whim - and even to different regions and communities from within their own countries - while others have started rolling out e-visas and social media checks.

There's even an increasing call for more tourist taxes, just to visit popular 'outdoor' attractions.

Sometimes I Wonder Where It's All Heading

Free movement, mass movement, illegal entries, 'border controls' where there should be no borders, and 'out of control' where there are supposed to be borders.

There are so many places we plan to visit that may be on the green list one day and a yellow or red the next.

Hotels and Restaurants have had to close, some Airlines grounded, Travel Services restricted and many travellers really none the wiser.

We hope we're starting to see the road ahead for the travel industry; even if the new normal may take some getting used to.

Michel