Tourist authorities on the Caribbean islands St. Vincent and the Grenadines does not boast of good mobile coverage, free wireless or cable television in all rooms.
the contrary.
instead encouraged tourists to deliver their mobiles, tablets and laptops from them when they arrive. There are special packages for digital detox, with meditation, yoga, analog activities and individual support.
archipelago has even its own life coach , Louise Gillespie-Smith, who will be able to help the tourists to unwind from a hectic, digital life, both before, during and after the holidays.
good coverage everywhere
more and more it is in fact not just simply turn off, put away and relax. Although one could use it.
An alcoholic with pockets full of money, would struggle to stay sober in a bar. One who has become dependent on being available and updated, will struggle most places, even in holidays.
class=”quote”> If we are constantly “on”, it will eventually begin to smoke by us and smell singed. As Fugelli.
We have learned to expect accommodation with wireless internet and good cell phone coverage everywhere. On land, on water and eventually into the air with.
Many have mobile broadband at the cottage and check Facebook and e-mail until they have been out of bed. Employers expect answers to important job mailer and there are plenty who get withdrawal symptoms after a day without Wordfeud and Angry Birds.
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backlash must needs come, and “digital detox” is in the wind.
According to the World Travel Market Global Trends Report, this is one of the biggest travel trends of the time, and deals popping up more and more new places.
There are yoga resorts in Mexico and Costa Rica that offers 15 percent discount to guests who sounds smart phone when they check-in.
increasing number of hotels and resorts offer their own “detoxification packages” for mobile and network dependent, with activities shall to get your mind on something else than Facebook updates, work email and lol-cats.
Westin Hotel in Dublin offers such a “digital detox” package with accommodation, massage and lock the tablet and mobile. Similar deals are for example Renaissance Pittsburgh, Hotel Monaco Chicago and Lifehouse Country Spa Resort in Essex.
a number of beaches in the Caribbean, including the Antigua, Grenada and St. Lucia, it has also banned the use of mobile phones to give tourists a more or less forced break.
Many people become addicted
fear of being without mobile phone has got a name, namely nomophobi (“No Mobile Phone Phobia), and in academic circles discussed the currently whether reliance on the Internet should be defined as a distinct mental disorder.
In a survey conducted by passwords firm SecurEnvoy last year, admitted 66 percent of those surveyed British that they were anxious at the thought of being without a phone. Four years earlier the figure was in a similar survey 53 percent.
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In a survey by Cisco said six of ten they felt a compulsive need to check the phone while in a recent U.S. study said 84 percent said they would struggle if they had to go one day without smartphone.
And from Britain came last week announced that children as young as four are receiving treatment because of Ipad addiction.
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Professor of Social Medicine Per Fugelli is by and large agree that being constantly online can be unhealthy in the long run.
– All life on Earth needs to switch between work and rest. Medium duty and play. Between being on and off. It would have been strange if this does not also apply to humans, said Fugelli.
He reminds us that man is also biology, and hardly created to be seen around the clock.
– If we are constantly “on”, it will eventually begin to smoke by us and smell singed, says the professor.
offer the holiday with “digital detox” seems, however, he appears to be pretty foolish things.
– My first thought is that the world will be deceived, laughing Fugelli.
He believes it is artificial and meaningless to cut all digital activity abruptly for a week or two.
– It’s what you do in life thousands of Wednesdays that determine quality of life and health – not a foreign body like this, says Fugelli.
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