As Gen Z holidaymakers rediscover journey, they search extra free-spirited and “messy” experiences that permit them to forge their very own path. Ink International – which additionally publishes this web site – caters to this new breed of travellers with Extra Corners, a web based journey portal that highlights “curious tales from faraway locations”. If you happen to’re the type of traveller who’ll decide a backpack and boots over rolling baggage and heels, it’s the good web site for you.
‘Messy’ journey inspiration for Gen Z
Extra Corners delivers intriguing human tales from throughout the globe by bite-sized documentaries, social movies and podcasts. Additionally they collaborate with famend journey influencers like @PetiteBlondine, @passportgoat and @canadiantravelgal to create eye-opening content material based mostly on real experiences. The web site’s group can be made up of former editors and writers of Time Out who convey a wealth of expertise to the group.
At the moment, seven documentaries can be found to take viewers on unconventional adventures — from portray with a pig in South Africa to swimming with horses in Barbados. You’ll additionally be capable to tune in to the Extra Corners podcast for extra Gen Z journey inspiration. The podcast is hosted by award-winning journalist Sirin Kale who will regal listeners with tales of volcanoes, Viking halls and Iceland’s “elf church buildings”.
Greater than only a journey web site
Ink’s Editorial Director, Jonny Ensall, says, “Extra Corners is social-first, video-first and human-first. It displays the best way that journey is heading, and it brings collectively the type of high-quality journalism you’d anticipate from huge publishers like Ink or Time Out, with the content material platforms of the longer term.”
Extra Corners additionally plans to place the highlight on subjects which might be essential to Gen Z, like sustainability, multiculturalism and wellness.
Extra Corners at present has over 600,000 followers throughout TikTok, Instagram, Fb and YouTube. Their documentaries will also be streamed on Attain TV – Ink International’s airport and inflight TV channel with an viewers of 30 million travellers per day.
