Destination: Mexico
Eco-Tourists on the Whale Trail
by Jim Benning | 02.07.02 | 2:02 AM ET
Michael Lacy explores the relationship between gray whales, tourists, conservationists and business operators in the latest issue of New Times Los Angeles. In Baja Mexico and Canada, that relationship is driven by the rising popularity of eco-tourism, he writes, “a form of identity travel that asks the backpacker to understand just how destructive the human presence is before even the first bag of freeze-dried chicken tetrazzini is reconstituted. Such angst-driven relaxation is the hottest ticket in town.”
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Yahoo! BuzzOnline Journalism Award Winners
by Michael Yessis | 11.09.01 | 9:34 PM ET
The Online News Association and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism recently announced the Online Journalism Awards for 2000-01. Travel-related winners include:
Picnicking with los Muertos
by Leslie Berestein | 10.30.01 | 11:56 PM ET
Photo by Leslie Berestein. During Mexico's Day of the Dead, Leslie Berestein visits a Oaxacan cemetery and finds, more than anything, life
Checking In: Americans Living Abroad
by Michael Yessis | 10.29.01 | 8:39 PM ET
The New York Times tracks down U.S. residents in Italy, France, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and other countries to find out how lives of ex-pats have changed in the six weeks since the terrorist attacks. Some anecdotes sound like benevolent urban legends: “Most Americans in Saudi Arabia live on enclosed compounds…At one recent dinner the conversation inevitably turned to security concerns. The couples traded stories, like the one about two Americans whose car broke down on a stretch of desert highway. They were immediately wary of two Saudi men who stopped to offer help. Sensing their unease, one Saudi turned to the Americans and said, ‘By the way, we hate Osama bin Laden.’ ” Other stories are a bit creepy and, possibly, paranoid: “Not long ago, [24-year-old English teacher Gabrielle Parnes] said, she was with two girlfriends [in Paris], giggling and talking loudly when a group of Arab-looking men walked by and purposely elbowed each of them. ‘I can’t be sure they knew we were American,’ she said. ‘But I think so. Before I might have thought they were just nasty guys. But now I can’t help thinking it was because we were American.’”
Eco-Travel in the Americas
by Jim Benning | 08.30.01 | 9:07 PM ET
Travelers leave marks on the cultures and landscape of the places they visit—for better and worse. Planeta.com is working to make tourists and the tourism industry more aware of this, particularly in the Americas, where tourism is booming. Its depth is impressive. Features include articles on a wide variety issues—a recent contribution looks at eco-tourism in Chiapas, Mexico—and a directory of environmentally conscious tourism firms in Latin America.
Border Stories
by Jeff Spurrier | 08.16.01 | 12:56 AM ET
San Diego native Jeff Spurrier has visited Tijuana's tourist circus countless times. Now he's on a Reality Tour and the sites beyond Avenida Revolucion are sobering.
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