642 Turkish Market; Tour Industry; Inclusivity
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 19 June 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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After learning why a midday stop at the public market is always a good idea in Turkey, get an insider's look at how the tour industry is rebuilding itself as Rick and the head of Perillo Tours compare notes on what the road to normalcy looks like for their companies. And New York Times travel writer Tariro Mzezewa examines what "inclusivity" really means for African-American travelers.
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| 0:00.0 | A delightful part of any visit to Turkey is browsing the big public markets you find in every city. |
| 0:06.0 | Whatever you might need when you walk into a market area is there and has been there for thousands of years. |
| 0:12.0 | Coming up, we'll get you primed to enjoy a day at the market in Konya. |
| 0:16.0 | If you're itching to travel, you're not alone. |
| 0:18.0 | The head of parallel tours tells us how a year at home helped underscore why traveling is important to him. |
| 0:25.0 | It's like New Year's Eve, I have a list of things I want to do in life that I recognize from being far away and seeing my life from a distance. |
| 0:34.0 | Well, New York Times Travel Writer, Terri Roe Musa-Zayn wants the industry to demonstrate what they say about being inclusive. |
| 0:41.0 | Letting black travelers like herself see that they're welcome in their advertising, that's a start. |
| 0:46.0 | Oh gosh, there's no one there who looks like me. |
| 0:49.0 | How are people like me treated in that destination? I don't know if I should go there. |
| 0:53.0 | Come along for the hour ahead, it's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:00.0 | Hey, I'm Rick Steves. In my latest book for the love of Europe, you can savor Europe's most exciting experiences and sights through a hundred of my favorite travel stories. |
| 1:10.0 | Imagine hanging from an alpine ridge, dancing at a Turkish circumcision party and swinging with a bell ringer in a medieval church fire. |
| 1:18.0 | You can order your copy of for the love of Europe at ricksteves.com. |
| 1:23.0 | A New York Times journalist has a message she wants the travel industry to hear on what being inclusive really means. |
| 1:30.0 | And the head of a tour company based in New Jersey shares how he hopes his business will return to normal when the pandemic closures become a thing of the past. |
| 1:39.0 | That's all just ahead on today's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:42.0 | Our email address is radio at ricksteves.com. |
| 1:47.0 | Let's start the hour with a look at what a visitor can experience in one of the world's oldest cities in central Turkey. |
| 1:53.0 | Konya has been a city of one name or another for at least 5,000 years. |
| 1:58.0 | Today, it's an important multi-faith pilgrimage site and it's the home of the Mevlana Museum. |
| 2:04.0 | That's where the tomb of the Sufi mystic we know as Rumi is located. |
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