Morning Links: The Most Mailed-In Travel Column Ever, the Travel Situation in Thailand and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.13.09 | 8:31 AM ET
- We have Andy Rooney to thank for the most mailed-in column about travel ever published.
- World Hum contributor Tony Perrottet ventures into “America’s Outback,” aka Southern Utah. There’s also a slideshow.
- The Washington Post’s Time Zones spends a few hours in Tel Aviv.
- The U.S. welcomed a record amount of travelers last year.
- Did you hear yet about Woody Harrelson and the zombie at LaGuardia?
- The situation in Thailand has grown dangerous for travelers, according to many governments. World Hum contributor Newley Purnell is updating news and posting on-the-ground reports via Twitter.
- Have all those TV shows about Alaska helped tourism in the state? (via Fark)
- The AP wonders if Cuba “is ready for an onslaught of Americans unseen since the days of Meyer Lansky and Al Capone.”
- A man CC’d The Consumerist on his complaint letter to United Airlines. A ticket agent allegedly stopped his girlfriend from catching a flight and seeing his dying mother because it was time for her break.
- Stan Stesser looks at the state of “The ‘36 Streets’ of Hanoi’s Old Quarter.”
- Larry Habegger goes shopping for shirts in Egypt.
- Finally, Saudi Arabia has banned some “offensive” license plates. Like one with the letters “USA.”
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