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50 The Validation Economy: How Western Travel Creators Monetize South Asia’s Need to Be Seen

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Rafat Ali @ Skift 1 place · today 11:41 EDT

The Validation Economy: How Western Travel Creators Monetize South Asia’s Need to Be Seen

This is a preview of where travel media is headed: destinations as identity theaters and creators as roaming interfaces between cultures and the algorithm.

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