
“They Not Like Us? How Global Travel Reveals a Diaspora the Tourism Industry Still Overlooks.”
Although Black travelers generate billions in tourism revenue and shape culture in destinations worldwide, they remain largely invisible in the imagery that defines global travel. Across Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, the presence of the Black diaspora is unmistakable to anyone who moves beyond resort walls — yet almost entirely absent from mainstream tourism marketing. This piece examines that disconnect, the structural assumptions behind it, and why new platforms like The Modern Green are working to make visible what travel has always revealed.
