Despite government warnings, older Australians are ditching tropical luxury holidays and instead visiting former warzones like Afghanistan and Iraq.
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00:00Despite government warnings, older Australians are ditching tropical luxury holidays
00:05and instead opting for former war zones like Afghanistan and Iraq.
00:11It's a country that has probably recently experienced war you know and it's very much at
00:17peace now. Some of the other popular destinations include Colombia and Senegal. Travel consultant
00:24David Smith said most of his clients are aged between 50 to 70. They're either retired or
00:32working on a consultancy basis you know they're well educated, extremely well educated people.
00:38They know why they're going to these countries it's not like oh that country's got a cool name
00:42let's go there. I always tend to say there's travelers and the tourists and these people
00:47are definitely travelers. They've spent most of their life traveling to these obscure destinations.