UNDER THE RADAR TRIPS
WORDS: ORLA THOMAS. PHOTOGRAPH: STEFANO POLITI MARKOVINA / AWL IMAGES
With overtourism rarely out of the headlines and cities such as Bruges, Barcelona and Venice considering capping visitor numbers, there’s a new trend – undertourism, or going to places that get hardly any tourists, precisely because they don’t. Tour operator Intrepid has responded by appointing a chief purpose officer, Leigh Barnes, whose role is to look beyond profits and improve the diversity and sustainability of the trips the company offers.