Ahn Posted 19 years ago
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niche sites
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Just as the slow-food movement encouraged diners to savor meals and the way they are produced, the trend toward slow travel promotes a more thoughtful style of vacationing. It refers not only to leisurely and environmentally friendly modes of transport - train, boat, bike or foot - but also to the nature of the trips: smaller in scope and more off-the-beaten-path - a custom-crafted trek through niche sites rather than a top-10 group tour. It generally entails quieter, more intimate accommodations - homey boutique hotels or upscale apartment swaps.
What does 'niche sites' refer to here? Sites only for a particular group?
And what does 'swaps' mean in the last sentence?
Just as the slow-food movement encouraged diners to savor meals and the way they are produced, the trend toward slow travel promotes a more thoughtful style of vacationing. It refers not only to leisurely and environmentally friendly modes of transport - train, boat, bike or foot - but also to the nature of the trips: smaller in scope and more off-the-beaten-path - a custom-crafted trek through niche sites rather than a top-10 group tour. It generally entails quieter, more intimate accommodations - homey boutique hotels or upscale apartment swaps.
What does 'niche sites' refer to here? Sites only for a particular group?
And what does 'swaps' mean in the last sentence?
Top answer
specialized places, places with a special personality/character/air Perhaps: I travel and stay at your appartment, you travel and stay at my appartment (instead of hotels)
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specialized places, places with a special personality/character/air
Perhaps:
I travel and stay at your appartment, you travel and stay at my appartment
(instead of hotels)
Perhaps:
I travel and stay at your appartment, you travel and stay at my appartment
(instead of hotels)
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My try:
- niche sites: places not famous, and for this reason visited (and maybe known) only by a small number of people. Not common holiday destinations.
- swaps: exchanges: slow-travel holidaymakers make use of intimate accommodations instead of luxury ones
You'd better wait for a native, though!
- niche sites: places not famous, and for this reason visited (and maybe known) only by a small number of people. Not common holiday destinations.
- swaps: exchanges: slow-travel holidaymakers make use of intimate accommodations instead of luxury ones
You'd better wait for a native, though!
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