Over the past year, the global travel industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with widespread travel restrictions and a decrease in consumer demand leading to a significant drop in tourism. This has also had a major impact on the world of travel blogging, with many bloggers finding it difficult to continue their travels and document their experiences for their followers.
Before the pandemic, travel blogging was a popular and lucrative activity for many people. Bloggers would travel to different destinations, document their experiences through writing, photography, and video, and share their content on social media and their own websites. Some bloggers even turned their passion for travel into a full-time career, working with travel brands and creating sponsored content.
However, with the onset of the pandemic and the resulting travel restrictions, many bloggers found themselves unable to continue their travels as they had before. Many were forced to cancel their plans...
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"Build in Public" is an internet community / movement of creators who share behind the scenes of how they do it. This means sharing their wins, struggles and learnings. Some people also share their business metrics.
There's lots of interesting things to learn from this community, and a good place to look is on #buildinpublic on Twitter: twitter.com/hashtag/buildinpublic
👉 Are you following a #buildinpublic maker? Drop a link to their projects!
Here's two people I'm following in the "build in public" space!
Kacper Goliński @thecaspg who created Traveler Map:
Rod @rrmdp who created Tourist Itinerary Bot:
@reymon359 and I (@digitalsole) are building Mapmelon (www.mapmelon.com) in public too. We are even working on a tool to make it easy to build in public (www.buildpublic.app).
Just followed Rodrigo and Kacper! Thanks Ian for creating this space to connect with other makers :)