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In a major move to enhance the <keyword id="23342045" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tourism-experience" source="keywords">tourism experience</keyword> across India, the <keyword id="20246604" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ministry-of-Tourism" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Ministry of Tourism" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Ministry of Tourism">Ministry of Tourism</keyword> has launched an ambitious initiative titled '<keyword id="23342044" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Paryatan-Mitra" source="keywords">Paryatan Mitra</keyword>' and 'Paryatan Didi' on the occasion of World Tourism Day. The initiative is designed to foster responsible tourism and create local ambassadors who will serve as guides and hosts, enriching the travel experience for visitors while promoting <keyword id="20467200" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sustainable-tourism" source="keywords">sustainable tourism</keyword> practices. The program, which was launched as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s broader vision of using tourism for social inclusion, employment generation, and economic progress, is aimed at empowering locals in some of India’s most visited destinations. The Ministry of Tourism is seeking to build a network of <keyword id="22391259" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tourism-ambassadors" source="keywords">tourism ambassadors</keyword>, rooted within <keyword id="21350228" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="local-communities" source="keywords">local communities</keyword>, to act as proud custodians of their regions. Initially piloted in six diverse tourist hotspots — Orchha (Madhya Pradesh), Gandikota (Andhra Pradesh), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Aizawl (Mizoram), Jodhpur (Rajasthan), and Sri Vijaya Puram (Andaman &amp; Nicobar Islands) — the program has already begun training locals in these areas. By August 15, over 3,000 individuals had undergone training, becoming official Paryatan Mitras, dedicated to offering tourists a more informed, friendly, and memorable experience. <h2>Enhancing hospitality and local storytelling</h2>The key objective of this initiative is to make tourism a vehicle for local pride and storytelling. By offering specialised training to those who frequently interact with tourists — such as cab drivers, hotel staff, restaurant workers, tour guides, street vendors, and even police personnel — the Ministry hopes to elevate the tourist experience to new heights. The training program emphasises the importance of cleanliness, safety, sustainability, and top-quality hospitality, all aligned with India’s age-old philosophy of 'Athithi Devo Bhava', meaning “The guest is equivalent to God.” This initiative goes beyond mere hospitality training. Each participant is also educated about their destination's hidden gems, historical significance, and <keyword id="19911712" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cultural-heritage" source="keywords">cultural heritage</keyword>, turning every local into a knowledgeable storyteller. This not only improves the quality of the tourist experience but also helps locals take pride in their heritage and contribute meaningfully to the country’s tourism ecosystem. <h2><keyword id="20646064" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="empowering-women" source="keywords">Empowering women</keyword> and youth</h2>One of the most remarkable aspects of the Paryatan Mitra and Paryatan Didi programs is their focus on empowering women and young people. By training them to offer new tourism experiences such as heritage walks, food tours, craft experiences, and nature treks, the initiative opens up exciting employment opportunities. Many of these individuals are also trained to become homestay operators, tour guides, and food and culture experience providers, allowing them to monetize their skills and knowledge in tourism-driven local economies. In a nod to modern technology, the initiative also incorporates <keyword id="20055241" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="digital-literacy" source="keywords">digital literacy</keyword> training, equipping locals with the tools to make their tourism offerings more discoverable to both national and international visitors. By leveraging digital platforms, trained individuals can now market their homestays, tours, and cultural experiences online, allowing for a broader reach and better economic opportunities. At its core, this program reflects the Ministry of Tourism’s commitment to creating a collaborative tourism experience that benefits both visitors and locals. The initiative is not just about training individuals to work in tourism but is also about fostering a sense of community and ownership over the tourism experience, which in turn helps preserve cultural and natural heritage. As more individuals join the program, tourism in India could see a shift toward more sustainable practices, with local communities playing a crucial role in shaping how tourists experience their destinations. By connecting visitors to trained locals with a passion for their culture and environment, the Ministry of Tourism is taking a major step toward creating memorable, responsible, and sustainable tourism across the country. (With inputs from ANI)

To promote healthy tourism, new govt initiative will connect tourists to trained locals to improve their travel experience in India

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="23944870" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sonya-Moore" source="keywords">Sonya Moore</keyword> decided that if Trump won in 2016, she would leave the US.</li><li>She followed through and has been living abroad for seven years.</li></ul>"If Trump wins this election, I'm <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-reelected-americans-are-planning-to-flee-in-droves-2024-3">moving out of the country</a>." I said those words in November 2016. So did a lot of other Americans: so many, in fact, that <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/canadian-immigration-site-crash-election-2016-11">Canada's immigration website crashed</a> as votes were being tallied due to increased traffic. No joke. I don't know how many others <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-who-left-us-because-of-trump-talk-biden-presidency-2020-12">followed through on that declaration</a>, but I did. Trump won the election, and 9 months later, I left the US. Full disclosure: Trump becoming president was not the only reason I left — it was also about being fed up with my corporate job, coupled with a strong desire to explore the world. I was 37, single, with no children or pets, so I was free to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/working-mom-quit-job-expat-move-abroad-qatar-singapore-2023-12">quit my job</a>, uproot myself, and take off. I did own a house at the time, which I sold a few months after I left. Upon my departure, I didn't have much of a plan other than the intention to spend some time slowly exploring Asia and teaching English when I needed to make money. This no-plan thing was out of character for me, but I was very comfortable with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/southeast-asia-travel-mistakes-packing-weather-clothing-traditions-medicine-2024-4">solo international travel</a>, thanks to previous study abroad experiences and 14 years of intensive overseas work-related travel. <div type="image" title="Sonya Moore in Siem Reap, Cambodia" height="1280" width="1600" msid="115071450" hostid="261"></div><h2>The move opened a new chapter in my life</h2>As months unfolded, I discovered that when you leave space for it, life guides you to the places, people, and opportunities that are meant for you. Seven years later, I'm still living <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boomer-couldnt-afford-retirement-in-california-moved-abroad-travel-happy-2024-10">happily outside the US</a>. While my decision to leave opened up a horizon of experiences beyond my wildest dreams and led me to the man of my dreams, it hasn't all been a bed of roses. The first year, I lived off savings while traveling slowly through Asia. I started my travels in India, where I spent 10 days at a silent meditation retreat, attended teachings by the Dalai Lama, and took a <keyword id="20626363" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="yoga-teacher-training" source="keywords">yoga teacher training</keyword>. I promptly got hooked on teaching yoga. After four months in India, I continued <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-to-pack-traveling-in-southeast-asia-singapore-thailand-bali-2023-9">making my way through Asia</a> for eight more months. I swam in the crystal clear waters of the Maldives, visited healers in <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-family-kids-bali-decompress-relocate-slow-life-work-remote-2024-10">Bali</a>, witnessed breathtaking sunrise views from mountaintops in Laos, went island-hopped through the Philippines, rode motorbikes around Thailand's islands, and discovered ancient pagodas in Myanmar The cost of living in much of Asia is so low that savings can stretch a long way. I have high standards for my accommodations, and while traveling, I usually spent around $20 to $25 per night on hotels. Lower-maintenance friends of mine found simpler places for $6 per night in India. Meals usually cost around $3. After six weeks in India, I considered a lunch bill of $5 to be expensive. <h2>There have been times along the way when I've felt lost </h2>From time to time, I experienced stretches of feeling <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/relocation-moved-to-milan-living-abroad-emotionally-exhausting-unspoken-truths-2023-9">unsettled and lacking a sense of purpose</a>. Over the years, I learned that those periods of doubt and uncertainty will continue to surface. But I also learned to just keep trusting, and the way forward would eventually reveal itself. People often ask me if I was ever afraid while <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-women-need-to-know-traveling-solo-southeast-asia-tips-2022-12">traveling alone through Asia</a>. I never was — except a couple of times in India when riding on some precariously high Himalayan roads with no guardrails. But of people? I never had a reason to be. After a year away, I found an opportunity to teach yoga in a small mountain town in Myanmar. Life there was quiet, simple, and beautiful. I lived there for 9 months, and I was profoundly happy most of the time. But there were times <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/loneliness-how-to-make-friends-remote-worker-freelancer-new-city-2024-2">I felt lonely</a>. The locals were sweet and kind, with love in their eyes and actions, but I missed friends who spoke my language fluently, with whom I could have deep conversations over a glass of wine. And the dating scene? Nonexistent. <div type="image" title="Sonya Moore kissing a man at the airport" height="2118" width="1754" msid="115071453" hostid="261"></div><h2>I found love during my travels</h2>Another yoga teaching opportunity took me to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Siem Reap is not a big city, but after my small-town Myanmar life, it felt like Manhattan. There were so many restaurants, bars, social events, friends, and even some attractive single men. I fell in love with the town, the quality of life, and the locals. It was easy to get a tourist or work visa to live here long term, and it was almost as inexpensive as India and Myanmar. I was living in Siem Reap when COVID-19 hit. By that time, I was in a <keyword id="20752574" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="long-distance-relationship" source="keywords">long-distance relationship</keyword> with a French man I met during my travels. After the closed borders of the pandemic kept us apart for 7 months, I moved to France to be with him. Our story was long and winding, but it felt like destiny. He <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/my-partner-couple-travel-together-full-time-one-date-2024-5">loves global travel</a> like I do. We've been together for four years and are living together in Papua New Guinea. Our plan is to go back to a nomadic slow-travel lifestyle. My career has gradually evolved to encompass creative pursuits that light me up inside: retreats, writing, photography, and yoga. I am deeply grateful to my former self for <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/live-abroad-cheap-low-cost-living-high-quality-life-2024-1">choosing to leave the US</a>. I sometimes miss family and friends, but thanks to technology, our connection stays alive across the distance, and I go back to visit once a year. I still love America and feel lucky to have been born and raised there. But there's a big world out there waiting to be discovered. Do you have a personal essay about relocating to Asia that you want to share? Get in touch with the editor at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:akarplus@businessinsider.com">akarplus@businessinsider.com</a>. November 11, 2024 — An earlier version of this story mentioned Trump becoming president was not the reason Moore left, it was not the only reason.

I swore I would leave the US if Trump won the 2016 election. Here's how that worked out for me.

The first day at a new job is always weird. You have no idea what you're supposed to be doing, who to talk to, or how to even really be. The theory is that over time you get the hang of it — but lots of workers make it months into their jobs and feel like they're still kind of winging it. It's not that they don't want to learn; it's that nobody's teaching them. In many pockets of corporate America, on-the-job training mostly amounts to "figure it out." Workers are struggling to get a handle on their jobs, and this failure falls on everyone — companies, managers, human-resources departments, and, in some cases, the workers themselves.You don't need to look far to find evidence that people don't feel ready when it comes to work. Some <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-workers-are-lazy-lack-soft-skills-managers-say-2023-8">bosses complain</a> that Gen Z workers don't know what they're doing and are lazy. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-lazy-hiring-jobs-careers-hr-training-pandemic-2024-8">HR professionals and Gen Z workers</a> argue that young people want to be successful in the workforce, but they simply aren't given the tools to do it. In a survey from the <a target="_blank" href="https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2023/09/27/adobe-future-workforce-study-what-us-employers-need-know-about-gen-z-workplace#:~:text=Gen%20Z%20is%20hungry%20for%20mentorship%20and%20development&amp;text=Gen%20Z%20is%20eager%20for,percent)%20reported%20having%20a%20mentor.">software company Adobe</a>, 83% of Gen Z respondents said having a mentor at work was crucial to their career, but only half said they had a mentor. It's not just young workers who are facing a training problem; it's everybody. For <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gallup.com/394373/indicator-employee-engagement.aspx">Gallup's employee-engagement indicator</a>, which analyzes employee perspectives using random samples of working adults, less than half of US employees said they knew what's expected of them at work. This is a costly problem, too: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/393497/world-trillion-workplace-problem.aspx">Gallup</a> found employees who weren't engaged cost $8.8 trillion in lost productivity worldwide.Just figuring out the day-to-day basics of the job is a challenge. The pandemic-driven upheaval of the past several years led to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/great-resignation-still-going-layoffs-low-job-openings-quits-high-2022-11">high amounts of</a> job-hopping, organizational brain drain, and a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/loyalty-employee-employer-job-security-broken-work-companies-bosses-2024-1">decline in loyalty</a> among employers and employees. The chaos has left employers, managers, and employees wondering just how much time and money it's worth investing in training in the first place. The rise of remote and hybrid work has complicated the situation even more. It's tough to learn by osmosis over Slack, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hr-software-tech-companies-employees-productivity-workday-oracle-adp-2024-8">the deluge of HR apps and training modules</a> isn't filling in the gaps."Most companies want employees to 'hit the ground running' and use apps, AI, and training videos to avoid disrupting another employee's flow or for the lack of staff to train someone new or help someone learn a new skill," Ana Goehner, a career strategist and HR professional, said.That may work in some instances, but in others, instead of hitting the ground running, workers find themselves perpetually zig-zagging, unable to break into a full sprint.That people feel like they're not equipped to do their jobs isn't a new phenomenon. There's been a long-standing decay of investment in learning and training by employers as part of an effort to create leaner organizations, said Kenneth Matos, the director of market insights at HiBob, an HR-tech company. If you're cutting costs, training is an easy place to do it. That's especially true when many employers use the internet to access a wider talent pool than in the past, which means they can just look for a candidate who already knows everything instead of having to teach someone. And, of course, plenty of companies have been axing middle managers, the people who would have previously been in charge of training up younger or newer employees."You cut away the people who are the link between big strategic ideas and day-to-day tactical activities," Matos said. "And so you end up with a scenario of a big strategic speaker talking to a much more junior doer, and they're like, 'I don't know how this translates into my job.'" Making matters worse, in many workplaces, training and mentoring are treated as an extra, rather than an integral part of the job, if they're noticed at all. In your performance review, "I spent 10 minutes explaining something to the new guy he was too afraid to ask his boss about" doesn't rate very highly. As workers and managers are increasingly overextended, these types of unmeasured, softer activities can fall by the wayside. This creates a conflicting web of incentives. It may be better, organizationally, for a manager or experienced employee to spend time teaching everyone on their team to complete a complex task so that a team's performance is better overall, but if they have an individual quota to meet, they may opt to focus on doing the task themselves, even though it's not what's best for the business."You end up with this really weird tension around organizational citizenship behaviors like mentoring and developing employees," Matos said. "Do you give a manager a lower quota because they are also magnifying everybody else's, or are you assuming they're going to do more than everybody else, are more talented, and also do the mentoring?"The people in the middle — who find themselves in between the big bosses and the little guys — are going to focus more on managing up than managing down. It's hard to tell the CEO that you can't come to that third unnecessary meeting of the day because your time would be better spent training that new hire on logging sales calls."Managers feel so caught up, and oftentimes they feel pressure of, 'OK, well if I'm going to disappoint someone, then it's going to be someone junior to me and not someone senior to me,'" said Ashley Herd, the founder of Manager Method, a training platform for managers.Many managers really are over it. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gallup.com/workplace/510326/manager-squeeze-new-workplace-testing-team-leaders.aspx">Gallup found</a> that in 2023, managers were likelier than nonmanagers to say they're disengaged at work, burned out, and on the lookout for a new job. Their workers have been given more responsibilities, their teams have been restructured, and they're expected to accomplish everything with fewer resources, as in, money. And less than half of managers said they're sure they already had the skills needed to be great at their jobs, meaning managers weren't getting taught to be managers.At the r/managers forum on Reddit, the what-am-I-doing sentiment is evident. "Is it normal to get zero training as a new manager?" one Redditor <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/managers/comments/1d6soeu/no_training_in_a_figure_it_out_situation/">asked</a>. "I have reviewed the team's work over the past couple of years, asked them questions to clarify a few things, and asked my boss questions to clarify a few things and have basically picked up most of it. Thought it was kind weird I got zero training, though."Technology is supposed to make training better, in theory. Why have an HR person go over the same PowerPoint on vacation policy for every new hire when a quick video or document stored away somewhere can do it just fine? That may work for simple processes like requesting time off or finding subscription logins, but it can become a problem when companies try to throw technology at their more-in-depth training problems. Nobody knows what they're doing here? Why not get an app to fix that? One of the biggest issues with using tech to solve what's ultimately a human problem is that it's hard to know if anyone is even going to use it. Take mentorship: Having one-on-one coaching from someone with more experience can help workers gain skills and knowledge that can't be found in a training video. It can also make workers likelier to stick around longer, help them feel more connected, and boost the sharing of institutional knowledge. Fostering these kinds of relationships is important, hence why the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mentorcliq.com/blog/mentoring-impact-report">vast majority of Fortune 500 companies say</a> they have mentoring programs, many of which are facilitated by apps and software. How many people are actually using those programs, however, is unclear. Christy Pettit, the CEO of Pollinate Networks, which creates mentoring software, told me she recently spoke with a large multinational that told her despite having 2,000 licenses for the mentoring program, which was mainly an app, fewer than 200 people were using it and participation was declining every quarter."Most companies say they have a mentoring program, but few have one that works," she said. "It feels a little bit like when you buy a gym membership, and it makes you feel like you're doing something, but you may or may not be going to the gym."In some cases, tech-based training materials are disconnected from the realities of the work. All the training videos are done in an "official" corporate speak it turns out nobody actually uses, Matos, from HiBob, said. Or managers aren't well versed in what their charges are being taught and end up wanting the task done differently.Even when companies invest in training, it can often be directed toward the wrong people. Herd said that businesses often make the mistake of spending a ton of money on fancy retreats and training courses for their most senior leaders without making much, if any, investment in the bottom rungs."You could spend a fraction of that and give good training to all of your employees, and you're probably going to get more ROI if that's what you're focused on," she said.Stephanie Wolf, a vice president at RebuttalPR, a legal-communications firm, said the company learned the hard way about the costs of not investing enough time and energy in training people. As the firm grew, managers wouldn't realize people didn't know how to do timely tasks until they became urgent, or they'd discover employees were doing things in a way that wasn't consistent with the documentation and processes in place. That meant they had to rely more on senior staff to do the work and that projects took longer because training was happening alongside execution. "We've seen how our whole team can suffer when we don't train folks thoroughly enough," she said. To ensure accountability, she's now the point person on training, because the company found that when training was everyone's job, it was no one's. The firm has taken steps to get all the necessary information in one place and to slow the onboarding process down — instead of expecting people to take a week to get up to speed, it now gives them about a month.Wolf acknowledged it's "super easy for training to fall by the wayside when your client work gets busy," which means not allowing that to happen is a conscious effort. "Investing time now is going to save us all time in the long run," she said.It's easy to blame hybrid and remote work for some of these issues, to argue that if people were just gathered in an office together, that would fix things. But many HR professionals and career coaches say that's not necessarily the case. Yes, human interaction is helpful, but it doesn't solve problems like misaligned incentives, increasingly stretched managers, and a lack of a real, holistic plan for getting people up to speed. A remote-work training plan probably has to look different from an in-person one, but it's not impossible to craft. "In a remote environment, you, as the leader, need to model and also hold the individual accountable for taking initiative, saying, 'Hey, if you need something, I need you to tell me because I can't see you,'" Phoebe Gavin, a career and leadership coach, said.Gavin emphasized that it's not just on companies and managers to make sure employees are learning and getting onboarded but also on individual workers. Essentially, if you see something — or don't know something — say something. Ask questions, or take the initiative to figure things out on your own. I told her about an experience I'd had at a job where on my first day, one of four "important" passwords I'd received was for software the company didn't use anymore. I expressed disappointment that the HR department hadn't caught the error, which it took me a long time to figure out even was an error. She pointed out that I should have then gone to HR to alert them to the error so the next new person didn't have the same experience. I did not."That's a tiny place where you could have a positive impact," Gavin said. It wasn't necessarily my fault, she said: "Just that was an opportunity that you didn't take, and those sorts of things happen all the time."But not everyone gets the chance to sound the alarm on their employer's faulty training system before it's too late. That's what happened to Michelle, which is a pseudonym I'm using to protect her privacy. Before starting a job at a science-focused communications firm earlier this year, she was assured that she would get all the training she needed to overcome the fact that she didn't come from a scientific background. When she started, she was surprised by the deluge of training modules and videos that were added to her plate on top of the tasks of the job itself. There were supposed to be meetings with other, more seasoned coworkers after those video training sessions, but eventually, almost everyone stopped showing up. She was fired in a matter of weeks after being told she wasn't picking things up fast enough. She said she received little feedback and hadn't been given warning that things were going wrong."I felt blindsided by the termination just because I didn't think I was given enough time to do all of this," she said. "I was led to believe they would kind of hold my hand a little bit at the beginning, and a month in, to me, is very much still the beginning."You know how there are certain tasks in life that feel designed to be so complex that you'll give up? Like filing an insurance claim or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cancel-subscriptions-congress-ftc-dark-practices-autorenewal-2023-2">quitting the gym</a>. Work should not be like that, but for many people, it is.Employees have complained about just being thrown into the fire forever. Many employers subscribe to the idea that you just toss people into the water and see who can swim. Trial by error is part of learning at work — one of the best ways to learn how to do something is to just try doing it. But it shouldn't be the entire approach. You know how you learn at school? The teacher explains something, you do your homework, it gets graded, you take a test, and you move on once you more or less figure it out. Imagine if teachers just piled 15 algebra tests on high-school students and everyone hoped for the best.There are aspects of the current workplace environment that make training more complicated to tackle. Remote work is different — you can't just lean over and ask the person next to you how this one software works again when you're typing on your laptop alone from your couch. Workers and employers don't feel as tied to one another, so there may be a decline in investment from both sides in the idea of getting supergood at the task at hand. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-workers-middle-managers-most-affected-by-layoffs-experts-2024-2">middle-management class</a> is increasingly stretched thin and hollowed out.Above all, it's really easy to load up on a bunch of tech-based solutions without identifying whether they actually solve anything. Relying on tech is appealing financially because buying a software license is a heck of a lot cheaper than paying a real live person. Many of the HR experts I talked to for this story suggested the training gap was a problem artificial intelligence might fix, a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/generative-ai-exaggeration-openai-nvidia-microsoft-chatgpt-jobs-investors-markets-2024-3">common refrain for intractable problems</a>, no matter the industry. Maybe that's true — if your manager won't have a one-on-one with you, having a chatbot to ask questions to isn't the worst thing in the world (assuming said chatbot knows stuff and doesn't make things up). But AI isn't going to be a panacea here. When you need to speak to a real person, no Coursera video or HR app or robot can do the trick. People make human mistakes, and sometimes humans need to address them.Wolf's firm is fully remote, but managers have noticed that Gen Z hires, in particular, tend to inquire about an in-person component for training. So they've adjusted. For a couple of incoming hires, they've rented a coworking space and enlisted some other employees to work alongside them for a couple of days to help them learn the ropes.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/emily-stewart">Emily Stewart</a> is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy.

On-the-job training is broken. Companies are paying a steep price.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>I've been riding trains across the US for 26 years, and it's one of my <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-thing-to-do-while-traveling-food-tour-frequent-traveler">favorite ways to travel</a>.</li><li>After hundreds of trips, I have a running list of some of the worst tendencies passengers have.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amtrak-prepare-for-long-train-rides-problems-frequent-traveler-2024-11">Train travel</a> can be an adventure.Whizzing by different terrain and meeting new people are all part of it. But it can also be chaos, especially if other riders are doing things that irritate you.After 26 years of riding trains up and down <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/moving-from-new-york-to-los-angeles-differences-between-coasts-2020-3">both US coasts</a> and across the Midwest, here are seven things I wish passengers would stop doing.<h2 id="14235886-20be-4584-bcb6-20a29c790900">Talking your seat partner's ear off</h2>As is the case on most <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/luxury-bus-vs-regular-bus-review-jet-flixbus-nyc-dc-2023-8">public transportation</a>, you run the risk of happening upon talkative seatmates on trains.I don't usually mind having brief conversations with people near me — it's a shared experience, after all. However, not everyone wants to be social.Forcing someone into conversation for an entire, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-everyone-should-know-before-taking-long-train-77-hours-2022-9">multi-hour train ride</a> can be exhausting. Especially since many people take train rides as a more leisurely and relaxing travel option.If you connect and happen to enjoy the chat, go for it. But consent from both parties is key.<h2 id="77f11438-75f5-4108-8827-fcd148ae6188">Bringing too much luggage</h2><div type="image" title="people rolling luggage down a train platform" height="3032" width="4043" msid="115141208" hostid="261" sizebytes="985670"></div>Similar to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/things-never-do-booking-travel-credit-card-points-frequent-traveler">air travel</a>, there's limited space on the floor in front of you and in the overhead bins on a train. Try to stick to your fair share of luggage, or plan in advance to check it when you board.On Amtrak, at least, most reservations allow you to bring one bag and two <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/travel/best-carry-on-bag">carry-on items</a>. Of course, you may be able to bring more if you book a private car or upgrade your ticket.People are getting on and off at every stop, so even if your train car looks empty when you board, you should still be mindful of how much space you're taking up.<h2 id="b5ebcca9-76ab-4773-bd72-d6bed4b45ca7">Spreading your things out across a row of seats</h2>Speaking of taking up too much space, spreading all your things across a row (or more) of seats is annoying for fellow passengers.Although there isn't a ton of extra space if you need to unpack something or resituate your luggage, I wish people were more mindful about taking too many seats, blocking the middle aisle, and knocking into the people around them.This also goes for lying down across multiple seats. If you really need to stretch out, go to the café car or observation space, where there's usually a little more room to move around.<h2 id="5dbcf44f-1b63-4716-9029-111dd6c6bae0">Leaving trash and spills for others to clean</h2>There is a sense of "I don't have to do that" on trains and planes when it comes to cleaning up after yourself.It's especially annoying because there are trash receptacles throughout the train, making it easy to organize your space as you go. I usually find them near stairwells, in restrooms, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trying-amtrak-dining-car-meals-review-coast-starlight-photos-2022-10">in the dining car</a>, or at the end of some of the passenger cars.Your trash is your responsibility — the same goes for anything you spill during the trip.<h2 id="745fe03c-be48-4834-84df-12a10fae3705">Trapping people on the stairs or between cars</h2><div type="image" title="space in between cars on an amtrak train" height="2160" width="2880" msid="115141212" hostid="261" sizebytes="81186"></div>Try not to stand in the way of people in the space between cars or on the narrow (sometimes winding) stairwells.As we've established, space is limited, and if you trap someone for too long, they may start to feel unsafe or uncomfortable.It's sometimes unavoidable to momentarily block people as they're getting on and off the train, but otherwise, be mindful and stay aware of your surroundings.<h2 id="86e4b8b0-769e-42d4-98f3-1b30e6ec3924">Watching a video or listening to music without earbuds</h2>If you want to avoid irritating everyone around you, do want you can to reduce your <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pickleball-court-noise-driving-us-all-crazy-scientists-trying-solution-2023-11">noise pollution</a>.You might be fascinated by the cooking video you found on YouTube, but the rest of the passengers probably aren't. And no matter how amazing your taste in music is, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/best-over-ear-headphones">use headphones</a> while you're on the train.This also goes for taking phone calls — no one wants to hear your whole conversation on speakerphone.<h2 id="d2d768c1-361b-4315-978a-afef06de12dc">Taking your shoes off</h2>When you're in a public place that's not a pool or spa, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flight-attendants-why-you-should-never-take-off-shoes-plane-2023-3">taking your shoes off</a> probably isn't going to warrant a pleasant reaction.This is especially true when you're trapped in what's essentially a metal tube for hours.To avoid bothering your fellow train riders, keep your shoes on. I personally wouldn't want my feet touching the floor of a train anyway.

I've spent over 2 decades riding trains all over the US. I wish passengers would stop doing these 7 things.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Celebrity personal trainer Luke Worthington focuses on longevity over hitting fitness personal bests.</li><li>Strength training and jiu jitsu tick boxes for strength, cardio, mobility, motor control, and fun.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/strength-training-women-benefits-lift-weights-celebrity-personal-trainer-2023-1">Luke Worthington</a> is one of the most in-demand personal trainers in London, but after 27 years in the industry, he's learned that he needs to prioritize his own well-being as much as his work, he told Business Insider.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/essential-healthy-habits-for-your-twenties-thirties-longevity-advice-2023-12">Longevity</a> is his focus."I'm comfortable enough to accept that my physically strongest days are probably behind me now, so I'm no longer that excited by trying to lift the heaviest weights possible or do something the fastest I've ever done it, because it's not going to be the case," Worthington, 45, said. "So it's more about improving my quality, and hopefully quantity, of life."Interest in longevity is soaring and an increasing number of "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-before-and-after-anti-aging-longevity-supplements-2023-8">biohackers</a>" are sharing the extreme lengths they go to in a bid to reduce their "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-the-maximum-age-of-humans-115-or-older-2023-3">biological ages</a>." However, experts tend to agree that the best thing you can do for your longevity is nail <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tips-easy-simple-boost-longevity-live-longer-healthier-habits-2024">the basics</a>: keep active, eat a balanced diet, sleep enough, avoid alcohol and cigarettes, and maintain social connections.Worthington, who has trained celebrities including <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/workout-dakota-johnson-personal-trainer-squats-wrong-luke-worthington-2022-11">Dakota Johnson</a>, Naomi Campbell, and Jodie Comer, shared his longevity non-negotiables with BI.<div type="image" title="A man does pull ups." height="3447" width="5178" msid="114948192" hostid="261" sizebytes="809960"></div><h2 id="82532ce6-56cb-414b-98fd-8cb3445673e8">1) Strength training three times a week</h2>Making time for fitness is now essential for Worthington, which wasn't always the case."The busier you are with clients, the less time you have for your own intentional exercise," he said.Worthington's approach is about consistency over intensity and he doesn't take shortcuts.<div type="image" title="Luke Worthington working out with a resistance band." height="4000" width="6000" msid="114948191" hostid="261" sizebytes="2891998"></div>Three times a week, Worthington strength trains using the "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrity-trainer-luke-worthington-workout-dakota-johnson-naomi-campbell-2022-12">3 x 52</a>" format he uses with his clients. His workouts are split into tri-sets — sets of three exercises back to back — where each exercise works a different body part. For example, an upper body movement, a lower body one, then a core exercise.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/longevity-trainer-fitness-markers-to-watch-for-a-longer-life-2024-7">Resistance training</a> has been proven to boost longevity including by strengthening muscles and improving bone density.<h2 id="f5148716-8da5-44d0-9816-46729fe1be5a">2) Jiu-jitsu for cardio and connection</h2>Worthington does<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dave-bautista-fitness-routine-lost-weight-brazilian-jiu-jitsu-health-2024-7"> jiu-jitsu</a> three or four times a week which ticks his boxes for cardio, mobility, motor control, and fun.Four years ago, Worthington started jiu-jitsu to push himself out of his comfort zone because he wanted to be a beginner again."'Have I put my stuff in the right place? What does that mean? How long's left?' All of those things that go through people's minds when they're brand new at something," Worthington said.He fell in love with jiu-jitsu and the community, which boosts his emotional well-being."Feeling part of something is important in a more and more disconnected world," Worthington said.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/weight-lifting-and-cardio-may-help-you-live-longer-study-2022-9">Combining strength and cardio</a> is shown to be the best for boosting longevity, and strong <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/longevity-antiaging-friendship-social-interaction-relationships-2023-9">social connections</a> are often cited as a key part of living a long, healthy life.<h2 id="e903f42b-a518-4f5d-bb94-ea44f1793ec9">3) Prioritizing sleep</h2><div type="image" title="LukeWorthington_JonPaynePhoto_4 (1)" height="1334" width="2000" msid="114948190" hostid="261" sizebytes="142246"></div>Worthington has learned not to compromise on sleep, he said.When he was younger, a lack of sleep didn't bother him so much, but now he finds that a late night affects everything he does the next day."As you get older you can still do it, but you're very aware of, 'OK this feels harder than it normally does,' and there's a very tangible and almost immediate consequence," Worthington said. "So I'm quite protective of that time."With a 5:30 a.m. alarm so he can walk his dog before his 7 a.m. jiu-jitsu session, Worthington's bedtime is 10 p.m., he said.Studies suggest that people who consistently <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sleep-in-longer-healthier-life-according-to-science-2024-8">sleep fewer than six hours a night</a> have a higher risk of dying early of any cause.<h2 id="0a6ff0e8-a8bb-4009-885c-e3053f1a9241">4) Cooking from scratch</h2>Worthington doesn't eliminate any foods from his diet but focuses on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/foods-live-10-years-longer-longevity-diet-study-2023-11">whole foods</a>, including plenty of protein and vegetables.While Worthington used to rely on recipe boxes and convenience foods, he's started cooking from scratch over the past year.It's a fun activity that he and his girlfriend do on video dates as they don't live together, he said."I cook a lot of big sauces and stews and things that I can use for different dishes, and I actually enjoy that process. So I've found it as a new hobby really," Worthington said. "I used to very much see it as a chore and try to spend as little time as possible preparing food, but now I actually quite enjoy it."<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/professor-exercise-aging-workout-food-longevity-karyn-esser-2024-5">Eating protein</a> is important for minimizing age-related muscle wastage, and vegetables are packed with fiber and nutrients that have many benefits, including boosting gut health.<h2 id="6eaeced2-ebe6-400b-a356-c35454b0cb12">5) Time management</h2>The final tool in Worthington's longevity arsenal is time management, which helps him be productive and minimize stress, he said.For example, Worthington schedules blocks of time to deal with life admin."It plugs right into emotional well-being and being clear about how much time you want to allocate to certain things, whether that's work or life admin or whatever," Worthington said. "It's compartmentalizing to stop things spilling over in your mind.""Obviously if the ceiling falls in, you might have to go beyond that, but having times of the week when I'll book all of my appointments for clients, and my scheduling's done," Worthington said.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/quick-life-hacks-increase-longevity-2023-8">Reducing stress</a> has been linked to a longer lifespan.

A 45-year-old personal trainer to celebrities including Naomi Campbell shared how he eats and trains to boost his longevity and stay fit

As the Olympic Games draw to a close, the spotlight not only shines on the athletes competing for glory but also on the transformative role <keyword id="19901571" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="technology" source="keywords">technology</keyword> has played in shaping modern <keyword id="20010841" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="sports" source="keywords">sports</keyword> and <keyword id="22746553" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="training-methodologies" source="keywords">training methodologies</keyword>. Over the past few years, <keyword id="20142309" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="innovations" source="keywords">innovations</keyword> such as <keyword id="20624226" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="wearable-devices" source="keywords">wearable devices</keyword>, <keyword id="22746554" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="performance-analytics" source="keywords">performance analytics</keyword>, and <keyword id="19948295" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="virtual-reality" source="keywords">virtual reality</keyword> have revolutionised how athletes prepare for competition, enhancing their training regimens and optimising performance. The intersection of sports and technology is dramatically altering the landscape. From advanced sensors that track physiological metrics to smart equipment that provide real-time feedback, technology has become an integral part of an athlete's toolkit. "Technology fits like a glove in the macro fabric of the modern-day ecosystem of sports performance analysis. It empowers young athletes and coaches by democratising access to pro-level analysis and tools, which helps nurture grassroots talent and instill a sense of competitiveness by providing insights that were traditionally available only to top-tier athletes," said Sudeep Kulkarni, founder and CEO, Game Theory. The sports industry is increasingly leveraging the power of <keyword id="19904566" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="artificial-intelligence" source="keywords">artificial intelligence</keyword> (<keyword id="19899640" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="AI" source="keywords">AI</keyword>) to transform the way performance is analysed and outcomes are predicted, he said. Athletes can practice against virtual opponents and mimic game circumstances using augmented reality (AR), which aids in developing rapid decision-making under pressure. Stupa Sports Analytics, a sports technology firm based out of Gurugram, recently provided analytics support to the Indian table tennis team at a preparatory camp for the Paris Olympics, which included performance analytics, rally analysis, and AI insights for both players and coaches. "The data helped in articulating strategies to play against the world's best players. Prominent players like Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakker, Manika Batra, Archana Kamath, and Sreeja Akula benefited from these insights, enhancing their preparation and performance," said Megha Gambhir, CEO and co-founder, Stupa Sports Analytics. Augmented Reality (AR) is also enhancing the spectator experience. AR solutions allow fans to access additional information about players and stats during live events. A report from the Capgemini Research Institute revealed that nearly 70 per cent of respondents surveyed (10,000) said that emerging technologies have enhanced their overall viewing experience, both inside and outside the stadium. Emerging technologies are undeniably the future of sports, and at the forefront of this golden era are tech startups. The integration of technology in sports through startups is reshaping how athletes train, compete, and engage with fans. These startups are driving innovation and setting new standards in the sports industry. Founder and general partner at Centre Court Capital, a gaming and sports tech VC, Mustafa Ghouse said sports tech startups are increasingly becoming target sectors for venture capital due to the vast potential for innovation and growth in the sector. "In India, the interest is becoming more pronounced, particularly in niche areas of sports technology. In the last three years, India saw investments of USD 1.2 billion in sports tech. India is also the 3rd largest funded country in sports tech after the US between 2018 through 2022 followed by China," he said. Indian sports tech startups are starting to attract attention from global investors alongside domestic investors, Ghouse added. "The increasing allocation of media rights and the surge in digital consumption of sports content are driving demand for advanced tech requirements. This, coupled with the proliferation of smart devices and internet connectivity, sets a fertile ground for sports tech startups to flourish and draw substantial investment," he said.

Tech innovations, AI changing the game for modern sports, training methodologies

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Nvidia is partnering with California to train residents on AI technology.</li><li>The initiative, backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, aims to support job creation and innovation.</li></ul>Chipmaker <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-gpu-chips-ai-branding-popularity-2024-6">Nvidia</a> is teaming up with the State of California to help educate students and educators on AI.The partnership — cosigned by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-jensen-huang-chipmaker-cofounder-ceo-wealth-net-worth-ai-2023-5">Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang</a> — will train residents on how to use the technology to support job creation, promote innovation, and leverage AI to solve everyday problems, according to a press release from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.Huang said in the release that the partnership will help "train 100,000 students, college faculty, developers, and data scientists to harness this technology."As part of that training, educators in California can get a certification from the Nvidia Deep Learning Institute University Ambassador Program, which will connect educators with "high-quality teaching kits, workshop content, and Nvidia GPU-accelerated workstations in the cloud," according to a press release from Nvidia.Due to the use of its super popular chips to fuel the AI boom, Nvidia has swelled into a multi-trillion-dollar company. Since the start of the year, the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-out-for-semiconductor-super-cycle-before-buying-nvidia-stock-2024-7">company's stock has more than doubled</a>, and in June, it briefly claimed the throne of the world's most valuable company.California's collaboration with Nvidia is part of the state's recent efforts to solidify itself as a center for the groundbreaking technology.Last September, Newsom signed an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/06/governor-newsom-signs-executive-order-to-prepare-california-for-the-progress-of-artificial-intelligence/">executive order</a> that called for several provisions on responsibly deploying the technology and directing state agencies to examine its best uses. Earlier this year, California revealed a state worker training program, held a generative AI summit, and launched pilot projects to understand how the technology can address everyday challenges like traffic congestion and language accessibility.That said, Newsom seems to be walking a fine line between regulating the technology and incentivizing its development."I don't want to cede this space to other states or other countries," Newsom said at an AI event in San Francisco in May, according to Politico. "If we over-regulate, if we overindulge, if we chase the shiny object, we could put ourselves in a perilous position."

Nvidia wants to help California train its residents on advanced AI

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Large sporting events like the Olympics require huge amounts of connectivity infrastructure.</li><li>The infrastructure is used after the events themselves, leaving a legacy for host-city dwellers.</li></ul>In Paris, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alev-kelter-olympic-womens-rugby-us-training-2024-7">athletes are bringing their best and breaking records</a>. But achievements at the 2024 Summer Games go beyond the physical feats broadcast around the world.Behind the scenes, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/paris-olympics-internet-connection-5g-mobile-technology-2024-7">5G infrastructure</a> is powering live broadcasts worldwide and the moments spectators and athletes capture and post on social media.High-speed fiber-optic networks, 5G cellular towers, and advanced WiFi systems have been deployed at 120 sites across Paris to handle the internet demands of global broadcasters, millions of visitors, and the Games' intricate operations.Events as expansive and popular as the Olympics demand robust and high-capacity networks to broadcast live events to viewers worldwide and support the digital needs of athletes, officials, and spectators.Rolf Werner, the head of mobile networks in Europe at Nokia, said that with careful planning, these types of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/5g-advanced-standalone-6g-qualcomm-huawei-mwc-2024-3">5G connectivity investments</a> can last for years."By investing in 5G infrastructure, cities can create a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/5g-transforms-businesses-better-security-remote-capabilities-2024-5">robust digital foundation</a> that benefits local communities long after the event has concluded," Werner told Business Insider. That includes strengthening local businesses' internet connectivity, he said.Sandeep Raithatha, the head of strategy, innovation, and 5G IoT products at Virgin Media O2, said private 5G networks that were initially deployed in Olympic venues for broadcast-service use could be repurposed for live events."Once installed, these networks can continue to be utilized for future events as well, ensuring a lasting benefit beyond the initial investment," Raithatha told BI.That's been the case for Olympic host cities like London and Tokyo, where 5G installations continue to power connectivity for residents and visitors.<h2 id="6014d88e-fe10-42a7-a8e7-2e9ad0a2a87e">London 2012: Stratford Halo</h2>Virgin Media O2 upgraded London's connectivity infrastructure when the city hosted the Games in 2012."This included installing additional masts around major airports to ensure tourists could get online immediately and deploying small cells around the venues so that fans could consistently connect in densely populated areas, whether to send selfies, stream videos, or share their location for safety reasons," Raithatha said.One key build was the Stratford Halo, which acted as the TV broadcasting tower for the Games. After the event, it became a hub for YouTubers and other content creators because of its gigabit-speed internet connectivity. It was considered revolutionary because the average internet speed in the UK at the time was slower.The planning efforts allowed the Stratford Halo to be repurposed into a residential building two years after the closing ceremony.In the lead-up to the Games, connectivity infrastructure was embedded in the London Underground light-rail network and the Westfield shopping center in Stratford. Communities continue to rely on this technology for internet access.<h2 id="0f74ba14-8f70-4b55-aea6-131d7970ae5f">Tokyo 2020: Tokyo Data Highway</h2>Japan has a reputation as a technology innovator. But its capital, Tokyo, which in 2021 hosted the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, had a meager showing of 5G infrastructure.5G technology wasn't adopted at a consumer level until 2019, and Japan's 5G-infrastructure rollout was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN22R0XP/">delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic</a>. In 2020, just 10 5G towers were installed.But 5G technology became more common by 2021, two years after Tokyo launched its 5G-infrastructure project, the Tokyo Data Highway. Buoyed by the Olympics, the city added dozens of 5G towers to its connectivity system, expanding to 149 installations in 2021.The goal is to have 5G available throughout the city by 2030, though it's unclear how far along the project is.<h2 id="39507179-0379-4d14-9e10-fe6309766453">Beijing 2022: Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway</h2>The 108-mile Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway connected the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics with the rest of China.It linked Beijing to the competition space outside the Chinese capital where events like ski jumping, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing took place. Athletes were able to take the driverless train between the two locations at speeds of up to 217 mph.But the railway's legacy goes beyond the hyperfast transportation it continues to provide; it was also the first high-speed train equipped with 5G coverage.The train route was also lined with 5G signal towers to ensure reliable, high-speed internet. In 2022, the 5G technology was fast enough that train riders could watch the opening ceremony on their personal devices. Now riders can enjoy superfast interest connections while traveling on the railway.

How Olympic host cities have recycled 5G infrastructure to improve locals' internet speeds and connectivity

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The night before the Olympic opening ceremony, France's rail network was hit by arson attacks.</li><li>The French prime minister called the attacks "acts of sabotage."</li></ul>France's rail network has been hit by a series of "malicious acts" that have damaged transport routes leading to the capital, causing cancellations and disruption just hours before the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/streaming/how-to-watch-olympics-live-stream-paris-2024">Paris Olympics' opening ceremony</a>."Last night, SNCF was the victim of several simultaneous malicious acts affecting the Atlantique, Northern and Eastern high-speed lines," the SNCF, France's train operator, said in a statement."Deliberate fires were set to damage our facilities," the operator said, adding that another incident "has been thwarted on South East high speed line."The three affected lines, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tgv-france-switzerland-high-speed-train-review-photos-how-to-2024-6">which are part of the TGV rail network</a>, connect Paris to Bordeaux in southwest France, Lille in the north, and Strasbourg on the border with Germany.Trains have been canceled, and the disruption will likely last "at least the whole weekend while the network is repaired," the SNCF said.France's national railway company <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/SNCFVoyageurs/status/1816834176898990156">later said</a> it made emergency repairs and was gradually resuming service — though many lines featured one to two-hour delays and fewer trains than normal.Two trains taking Olympic athletes to Paris were also impacted, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://apnews.com/live/olympics-opening-ceremony-2024-updates#00000190-eefe-d66f-abd5-fffeca050000">the Associated Press reported</a>, noting one had been canceled and the other could potentially proceed.It was unclear which athletes were affected or whether the athletes remained stuck."Early this morning, acts of sabotage were carried out in a prepared and coordinated manner on SNCF installations," French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/GabrielAttal/status/1816757934677762056">post on X</a>.The impact on the rail network was "massive and serious," Attal wrote.<div type="image" title="Railway staff work on a train line after it was sabotaged by arson ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony" height="3667" width="5500" msid="112045718" hostid="261"></div>The prime minister said France's intelligence services and law enforcement had been mobilized to find the arsonists. At the time of publication, nothing was publicly known about who carried out the acts or why.The Paris prosecutor's office has also opened an investigation into the attack, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cxe24vg59lzt?post=asset%3A2bb9ea3f-dc15-413b-b584-339ebd4b83c0#post">the BBC reports</a>. A memo from prosecutors said the various crimes could carry punishments of between 10 to 20 years of imprisonment and six-figure fines, the outlet reported.Though several Olympic events are being held outside Paris, Attal highlighted the impact on French families leaving for vacation this weekend, rather than on the Olympics.The SNCF said 250,000 travelers were expected to travel Friday and another 800,000 over the weekend.This weekend marks the start of a French custom known as the "<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-in-france-ways-life-has-been-better-changes-2024-6">grand départ</a>," during which many Parisians leave the city and take the entire month of August off."This is an attack on France," the boss of the SCNF told the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/BFMTV/status/1816740060022149537">local news station BFM TV</a>.In addition to disruption within France, the attacks have caused issues with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/eurostar-first-class-train-london-brussels-review-photos-price-travel-2023-8">Eurostar trains</a>, which run between London and Paris, and affected several other major European cities.<div type="image" title="Athletes diving into and swimming in the Seine River, with the Eiffel Tower in the background." height="2921" width="4573" msid="112045065" hostid="261"></div>The attacks add more concerns over whether Paris' transport infrastructure can manage the Olympic crowds.Officials promised to reinvigorate the transport system after Paris won the Olympic bid.But in November, the mayor of Paris said there were parts of the city where "transport will not be ready and there will not be enough trains," according to the French radio network <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20231123-paris-not-ready-for-olympics-amid-transport-and-housing-worries">RFI</a>.However, the system has seen a "significant improvement" in recent months, Jimmy Brun, a spokesman for the Parisian transport authority, said, per the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146256/paris2024-security-transport-clima-seine#:~:text=Despite%20several%20mass%20recruitment%20campaigns,the%20Paris%20public%20transport%20network.">Olympics-focused news outlet Inside the Games</a>.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240414-creaking-paris-metro-system-to-face-olympic-test">According to France 24</a>, 90% of Paris Métro trains were on time in March.The capital, which has a population of about 2 million, expects 11 million visitors to descend on the city to enjoy the two weeks of games — almost double the number that visited Paris in July and August in 2023, according to the Paris tourism site <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://parisjetaime.com/eng/media/article/press-barometer-august-2023-a1142">Paris Je T'aime</a>.The city's congested metro system has also been criticized as lacking accessibility. In 2018, only 3% of Paris' metro stations were wheelchair-accessible, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-26/paris-s-metro-says-more-disability-access-is-too-costly">Bloomberg</a> reported at the time.Organizers have arranged for shuttle buses to support people with disabilities.

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