Duncan M Simpson
Duncan M Simpson trained as a journalist, but after a summer helping out at a Cambridge youth hostel in the 1970s, he carried on working for the Youth Hostels Association (YHA) of England and Wales. After a career in hostel operations, marketing, and PR, he retired as YHA’s Head of Corporate Affairs in 2013.
Since then, Mr Simpson has focused on the history of youth hostels at Simply Hostels, a website and blog, and three independently published books, including Open to All: How youth hostels changed the world. Duncan also writes at Light travels on Substack.
If one can put romantic notions of ‘the good old days’ aside, then one must acknowledge that travel was then, and is now, an elitist pursuit for those with the luxuries of cash, time, and/or freedom. Tourism is expensive. Our industry has to change, according to Duncan M Simpson. But how?
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