This unique genre of literary writing always has been an abating one. None the less novels and stories with travelogues with has always been a winner. Paulo Cohelo’s The Alchemist is an example and The Kite Runner are widely known novels with travelogue.
Etymologically, travel plus dialogue forms the word Travelogue. Revolving around subjectivity, this form of literary writing always aspires and motivates.
Be it a simple advisory and their opinion regarding the travelling journey. Smooth writing with appropriate choice of adjectives and pronouns to describing the writers experience is much more powerful than any vlog videos. In spite of engaging videos with all the bombastic drone shots and mesmerizing color combinations, still big travel magazines like Lonely Planet to Nat Geo still have the best contents which are in written.
Personal imaginations and emotions rule in any travelogue. A perspective to be gathered of that time and era. Travelogues from 70’s era give much more precise picture about geography, culture and food. Backed with the writers point of view and all those comparison the writer make about the civilizations and development, reader of travelogue not only gets to know about the place the author is talking about but also the difference we should have to adhere to already.
Larger than a review, it’s not only a destination marketing agenda, travelogue have authentic review about the place, hotels and even airlines airport. Long before the social media and blogs had topped the marketing world, travelogue had been the honest review pages to turn on to. Travelogue still are the most honest review.
Revelation, transcending to a higher inner self is how the travelogues are guide of discovery in travel. Personalized blogs and videos are the ones which is taken primary source of personalized travel experience, but for more curated reading and experience travelogue is much more spiritual and totally bounding. Travelogues offer walking shoes on the authors footstep.
Travelogues won’t just go out of fashion. It might be not in the vogue or the Generation Z’s priorities of travel literature, and soon to be this genre will be revamped with a higher level of comeback. Reading culture is slowly regaining momentum, rather than just be fascinated with flashy adverts, travelogue will definitely rule the travel opinion. A long story of travel and authors perspective and attachment will be more engaging.
After the Corona pandemic, change in job patterns ICT based work have lead to more learning and reading culture, thus this might be the intriguing point for reading culture to be established. Travel has been the most aspiring topic during the lock-down period. Emotional well being has been the concern with series of mental health related issues had been noticed. In such scenario, travelogue provide optimism and hope. Reading travelogue is a journey embarked with so much of filling spiritual manifestation. Thus travelogues will never expire.