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Chapter 1
How are Trump’s tariffs affecting US travel and tourism?
The US is the world’s most powerful travel and tourism market, worth $2.4tn. But in what has been dubbed “the Trump slump”, new figures show visits to the US from overseas fell 11.6 per cent in March compared with the same month in 2024. We’re joined by journalist, travel expert and author of ‘Why We Travel’, Ash Bhardwaj, to unpack the affect that the tariffs are having on the sector.
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Chapter 2
The rise of slow TV: Sweden’s great moose migration livestream
It’s the unlikely hit of the Swedish spring: a livestream of moose migrating north, watched for hours by viewers at home and abroad. ‘The Great Moose Migration’ has become a surprise cultural phenomenon, part of a wider Nordic affection for “slow TV” – long, meditative broadcasts of everything from train journeys to knitting marathons. Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, explains what’s behind this appetite for stillness.
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