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Travel influencers are flocking to Syria – but at what cost?

They say they’re there for culture. But are travel influencers in Syria crossing an ethical line?

People gather at a site hit by what activists said was a warplanes attack by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus April 13, 2014
People gather at a site hit by what activists said was a warplanes attack by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Duma neighbourhood of Damascus April 13, 2014 [Bassam Khabieh/Reuters]
Published On 30 Jun 2023

Syria’s war continues, but that in the video blogs of travel influencers. In recent years, a wave of travel vloggers have gone on trips to Syria, organized and facilitated by the Syrian government. Many of the influencers say they are apolitical, but critics say they help the Syrian government whitewash war crimes and present a picture that Syria is fully moved on from the war. So are travel influencers in Syria breaching an ethical line?

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In this episode: 

  • Mohammad Al Abdallah, (@mohammad_syria) executive director, Syria Justice and Accountability Centre

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra with our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera