The exhibition "Places we would like to return to» is a collection of images and accounts from travellers who visited Mali, Syria, Yemen and Libya between the 90s and the first decade of the 2000s.
At that time, curiosity about new places and different cultures grew exponentially. Travelling off the beaten track became more common, and new destinations appeared in travel agency brochures.
Looking back, what we remember most is the people we met: drivers, guides or the family who invited us home for dinner. For many of us, meeting them changed the way we understand the world.
Today, things have changed: parts of the Sahara and Middle East have disappeared from the tourist map, and conflicts have forced many of those people to leave home, becoming what we now call refugees.
The exhibition “Places we'd like to return to ” aims to remind us that the home countries of many people seeking refuge in Europe were, until recently, the destination of our holidays, and that the stranger now crossing the Mediterranean in a small boat could be the driver with whom we shared so many adventures and happy moments.
Viajes Tuareg has always believed that places are, above all, people. Now more than ever.
They want to come. We want to go back. When the two wishes have been fulfilled, we will be in a better world.
We invite you to come to the Exhibition «Places we'd like to return to«, which we present in
B-TRAVEL fair
MONTJUÏC EXHIBITION CENTRE, PLAÇA D’ESPANYA
19 TO 22 APRIL
STAND C-338