Travel Industry Journal

It’s been 30 years since “the King” passed away, but that hasn’t stopped Elvis enthusiasts from traveling to Graceland to celebrate the life of the crooner; they get over 600,000 visitors a year. But there’s bad news for the folks who weren’t convinced that Elvis had ever left the building to begin with: The Elvis […]

Colorado is cultivating a new kind of tourism. Rather than erecting a Disneyland of the Rockies or enticing luxury-seeking tourists to one of the state’s hot springs, Colorado is drawing visitors to its many farms.
Tourists spent about $2.2 billion on “agritourism” in 2006, and the new trend is sprouting up all over the Centennial State. […]

Mark Ovenden’s new book, Transit Maps of the World, a is vibrant 144-page tip of the hat to the world’s urban train systems. From the unusual Hamburg diagram, which lacks curves, to the pitchfork prongs of Buenos Aires, Oveden navigates the history of maps as they have evolved over time. After paging through the […]

Here at Traveler, we do a lot of reading: in addition to the upcoming magazine copy, we’re constantly perusing newspapers, blogs, and websites all day. But we know there’s nothing quite like escaping away into a good book, which is why we’re thrilled to announce the arrival of Don George’s “Trip Lit” to our […]

Now that we have your attention, some eyebrow-lifting news that we feel merits a bit of, well, exposure: Travelodge recently released a new report on the rise in male hotel guests sleepwalking in their birthday suits.
The budget chain’s annual “sleepwalker audit” revealed a seven-fold increase in the number of sleepwalking guests at 310 hotels […]

In our continuing coverage of all things mystic, spooky, and supernatural, we wanted to share a finding from our all-star researcher Marilyn Terrell. She uncovered a list of international libraries where spooks can be found in between the stacks.
Morelia Public Library, Michoacán, Mexico. Library staff say that a “nun in blue” has haunted the […]

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We are very pleased to see that last week, the editors over at the New York Times added another great blog to their mix: Dot Earth, which will focus on sustainability and climate change and is written by science reporter Andrew C. Revkin. In […]

Oft-overlooked Bonaire, a tiny “flapjack flat” island ringed by coral reefs in the Dutch Caribbean, revealed plans earlier this year to climb aboard the eco-mania bandwagon and become a carbon-neutral island. And they’re not just blowing hot air: The substance behind Bonaire’s claims stem from a new wind/diesel project designed to provide the entire island […]

Ticket, passport, wheelchair… By Clive Gilbert BBC News
Despite a new European law to prevent airlines from discriminating against disabled people, planning a holiday can be a fraught exercise for a wheelchair user. A question which simultaneously evokes pangs of excitement and trepidation is “where are we going for our holidays?”
The answer for […]

Wicked Cannonball Run
In case you missed the post from a couple of days ago about the Wicked Adventure Rally you should go read it now. If you’d like to visit the website we made especially for the event, kindly follow the link below:
The Wicked Adventure Rally, a Wicked Cannonball Run down the East Coast of […]