Another week, another installment of my favorite reads this week:
Let’s kick things off with two interesting articles about tourism: Eric Weiner’s “Why Tourism is Not a Four-Letter Word“ at World Hum and Sarah Menkedick’s “Tourism and the ‘Preservation’ of Culture: A Rebuttal” at Matador Abroad. They both raise some great points, and I can’t disagree [...]
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Recommended Reads, March 7, 2010
Recommended Reads: February 28, 2010
Want to read something great and not too long about travel? Try travel poetry. Two Go Round-The-World has launched a new column called “Looking Back,” where they include a journal entry from their past travels. Daniel kicked the series off this week with Looking Back: Langkawi (Malaysia) which includes a photo and one of the [...]
Recommended Reads, February 21, 2010
Have you all been watching the Olympics this week? I confess, I was not–until I read my first recommended article of this week, written by JoAnna Haugen of Kaleidoscopic Wandering. The 2010 Olympics from a Traveler’s Perspective was a wake-up call to me that I have been focusing so much on the trees, I forgot [...]
Recommended Reads, Week of February 14, 2010
Happy Heart Day, everyone! I’m really thrilled with this week’s crop of recommended reads, as they represent such variety of topic and writing style. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Forests to Burn – Do you love the great outdoors? Do you dream of traveling the US, visiting the most remote areas [...]
Recommended Reads, Week of February 7, 2010
In this week’s collection of recommended reads, we have solo travel articles that describe making friends on the road, overcoming our fears, and appreciating solo travel when it comes our way. The round-up is capped off with an inspiring destination post on Paris. Enjoy!
Travel Solo for a Rocky Mountain High – People who have never [...]
