2023 年，旅遊業擺脫疫情帶來的蕭條，如火如荼地回歸，但在旅行方式和地點方面卻發生了明顯的變化。比以往更高的旅遊成本以及對永續性和體驗當地道地經驗的需求正在重塑旅遊景觀。在出發之前，歡迎與《時代雜誌》一同探索 2023 全球 50 個最令人激賞的景點。

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原文連結

Freetown Peninsula, Sierra Leone 自由城半島，獅子山

(附圖說明：Tokeh Beach in Freetown, Sierra Leone. 獅子山自由城的 Tokeh 海灘。)

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   Emerging from the pandemic with the backing of the World Bank to help promote the West African nation’s rich tourism potential—with diverse wildlife, world-class surfing waves, the vibey coastal capital of Freetown, and a brand new airport—all odds are on Sierra Leone to explode on the adventure travel scene. The time to go is now.

   在世界銀行的支持下，獅子山擺脫了新冠大流行病的困擾，幫助推廣這個西非國家豐富的旅遊潛力—多樣化的野生動物、世界級的衝浪浪潮、充滿活力的沿海城市自由城，以及一個全新的機場—所有的機會都在獅子山的探險旅遊舞臺上爆發出來。現在是出發的時候了。

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   Start in the Freetown Peninsula, supporting eco-tourism initiatives like the one at Tacaguma Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where endangered primates are rescued and rehabilitated within one of the country’s many hotspots for biodiversity. At the nearby Tasso Ecotourism Project, an island in the Sierra Leone River Estuary, guests stay in rustic timber chalets to enjoy birdwatching and community tourism designed to help islanders economically recover from the Ebola epidemic of the past (the country was officially declared free of the disease in 2015).

   從自由城半島開始，支持像 塔卡古馬黑猩猩保護區 這樣的生態旅遊倡議，在該國眾多的生物多樣性熱點地區之一，瀕臨滅絕的靈長類動物得到了救援和康復。在附近的 塔索生態旅遊計畫，是一個位於獅子山河口的島嶼，客人們住在質樸的木制小屋中，享受賞鳥和社區旅遊，旨在幫助島民從過去的伊波拉疫情中得到經濟復蘇（該國在 2015 年正式宣佈該病絕跡）。

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   The in-the-know surf set gravitates to the southern reaches of the Freetown Peninsula, about an hour from the capital, where white sand covers River No. 2 Beach and Bureh Beach to the south, home to the country’s first surf club.

   內行的衝浪玩家集中到自由城半島的南部，距離首都約一小時車程，那裡的白沙覆蓋了 2 號河海灘和南部的布瑞赫海灘，那裡是該國第一個 衝浪俱樂部 的所在地。

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   Off the Freetown Peninsula’s southern tip, the densely forested Banana Islands are a tropical idyll with some of West Africa’s best snorkeling, scuba diving and spearfishing. What you might leave remembering most about a visit here, however, is the openness, warmth, and sheer resilience of the Sierra Leoneans themselves.

   在自由城半島的南端，森林茂密的香蕉島是一個熱帶田園，有一些西非最好的浮潛、水肺潛水和魚叉捕魚。然而，造訪此處，你最難忘的是獅子山人本身的開放、熱情和純然的堅韌。